Theoretical analysis of energy harvesting performance for unimorph piezoelectric benders with interdigitated electrodes

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Mo, Changki ^a   Kim, Sunghwan ^b   Clark, William W ^a  

^a PA 15260   (United States)

^b LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE; INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES; LOW POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC BENDERS; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVER BEAMS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; POWER GENERATORS; UNIMORPH;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 68549125473     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/5/055017     Document Type: Article

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