The accumulation of various contaminants in air, soil and water is threatening the natural
environment. The remediation of the environmental contaminations is today an urge. Among …

Wearable and mobile devices, such as smartphones, smartwatches, wearable medical
devices, etc., have become an important part of our daily life. Most of these devices are …

Energy harvesting technology may be considered an ultimate solution to replace batteries
and provide a long‐term power supply for wireless sensor networks. Looking back into its …

Piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) was first introduced by using piezoelectric nanowires
for converting tiny mechanical energy into electric power. 1 Research in nanogenerators has …

A footwear harvester needs to fulfill both technical and practical functionalities, including but
not limited to energy extracting and storage, easy implantation and durability. The very …

With the advent of the electric vehicle era, the potential function of monitoring,
communication, and energy supply of the pavement system has received utmost research …

The development of wearable electronics and sensors is constrained by the limited capacity
of their batteries. Therefore, energy harvesting from human motion is explored to provide a …

This paper presents the design, modeling and experimental tests of a novel piezoelectric
energy harvester with a two-stage force-amplification compliant mechanism for scavenging …

During the past decade, smart insole-like devices become more and more popular in daily
applications, such as gait studies, activity recognition, health monitoring and evaluation …

Over the last couple of decades, numerous piezoelectric footwear energy harvesters
(PFEHs) have been reported in the literature. This paper reviews the principles, methods …