Indoor power harvesting using photovoltaic cells for low-power applications

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4502-4509

  Nasiri, Adel ^a   Zabalawi, Salaheddin A ^a   Mandic, Goran ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Energy storage; Indoor photovoltaic (PV); Low power devices

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; ELECTRICAL WIRING; ENERGY HARVESTING; HARVESTING SYSTEM; INDOOR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV); LOW POWER; LOW POWER APPLICATION; LOW-POWER DEVICES; POWER CONDITIONING; POWER HARVESTING; PRACTICAL ISSUES; REMOTE SENSORS; TARGET LOAD; TEST RESULTS;

ALARM SYSTEMS; CELL MEMBRANES; DATA TRANSFER; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; HARVESTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REMOTE SENSING;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 70350381825     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2020703     Document Type: Article

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