A Review of Nonlinear Mechanisms for Frequency Up-Conversion in Energy Harvesting

M Rosso, R Ardito - Actuators, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vibration-based energy harvesting has garnered considerable attention from researchers
over the past two decades, using different transduction mechanisms. In this context, the …

An ultra-low frequency vibration energy harvester with zigzag piezoelectric spring actuated by rolling ball

G Shi, Y Peng, D Tong, J Chang, Q Li, X Wang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an ultra-low frequency vibration energy harvester using a zigzag
piezoelectric spring oscillator, which consists of two piezoelectric zigzag springs and a …

An SECE array of piezoelectric energy harvesting

PH Wu, JT Lin, YC Lo, YC Shu - Smart Materials and Structures, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The paper studies the electrical response of an array of piezoelectric oscillators attached to
the synchronized electric charge extraction (SECE) interface circuit. The analytic estimate of …

Wearable ball-impact piezoelectric multi-converters for low-frequency energy harvesting from human motion

A Nastro, N Pienazza, M Baù, P Aceti, M Rouvala… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multi-converter piezoelectric harvesters based on mono-axial and bi-axial configurations are
proposed. The harvesters exploit two and four piezoelectric converters (PCs) and adopt an …

A wearable collaborative energy harvester combination of frequency-up conversion vibration, ambient light and thermal energy

G Shi, J Chang, Y Xia, D Tong, S Jia, Q Li, X Wang… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a wearable multi-source collaborative energy harvester (MC-EH) is proposed to
overcome the problem that a single-source EH is unstable from time to time. A customized …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting from low-frequency vibrations based on magnetic plucking and indirect impacts

M Rosso, A Nastro, M Baù, M Ferrari, V Ferrari… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work proposes a mono-axial piezoelectric energy harvester based on the innovative
combination of magnetic plucking and indirect impacts, eg, impacts happening on the …

Self-powered dual-inductor MI-PSSHI-VDR interface circuit for multi-PZTs energy harvesting

H Xia, J Xiong, Y Xia, Z Chen, X Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vibration energy harvesting using multiple piezoelectric transducers (multi-PZTs) can
increase its output power and environmental adaptability. At present, there are still few …

A novel piezoelectric energy harvester for earcanal dynamic motion exploitation using a bistable resonator cycled by coupled hydraulic valves made of collapsed …

T Avetissian, F Formosa, A Badel, A Delnavaz, J Voix - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Scavenging energy from the earcanal's dynamic motion during jaw movements may be a
practical way to enhance the battery autonomy of hearing aids. The main challenge is …

Comparison between overall and respective electrical rectifications in array of piezoelectric energy harvesting

IC Lien, YC Lo, SH Chiu, YC Shu - Journal of Mechanics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The article compares two different electrical rectifications employed by a piezoelectric
harvester array. The first type consists of parallel connection of harvesters followed by an AC …

A simple and precise formula for magnetic forces in nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvesting

Y Yang, H Xiang - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
The traditional linear piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) suffer from a narrow operating
bandwidth. To achieve broadband energy harvesting and to improve the energy harvested …