Active piezoelectric energy harvesting: General principle and experimental demonstration

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 575-585

  Liu, Yiming ^a   Tian, Geng ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Lin, Junhong ^a   Zhang, Qiming ^a   Hofmann, Heath F ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Piezoelectric devices; Power electronics; Power scavenging

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; HARVESTING; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ACTIVE ENERGIES; DIODE RECTIFIERS; ELECTRICAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRICAL LOADS; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY-CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; HARVESTED ENERGIES; IMPEDANCE-MATCHING; LIMITING FACTORS; MECHANICAL DISPLACEMENTS; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MODEL-BASED; MULTI LAYERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; POLYMER DEVICES; POWER ELECTRONIC; POWER SCAVENGING; QUASI STATICS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 61849183658     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X08098195     Document Type: Article

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