Human power-based energy harvesting strategies for mobile electronic devices

Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-46

  Jia, Dewei ^a   Liu, Jing ^a,b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Battery; Energy harvesting; Green energy; Human power; Micro miniaturized generator; Mobile electronic device

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349128254     PISSN: 16737393     EISSN: 16737504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11708-009-0002-4     Document Type: Article

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