Performance comparison of implantable piezoelectric energy harvesters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6928, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mo, Changki ^a   Radziemski, Leon J ^b   Clark, William W ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh

^b Piezo Energy Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding layer; Circular diaphragm; Edge condition; Energy harvesting performance; Implantable; PZT

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DIAPHRAGM; ENERGY HARVESTING; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DIAPHRAGMS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 44349147964     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.776293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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