Improved energy harvesting from wideband vibrations by nonlinear piezoelectric converters

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 425-431

  Ferrari, M ^a   Ferrari, V ^a   Guizzetti, M ^a   Ando B ^b   Baglio, S ^b   Trigona, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Nonlinear bistable system; Piezoelectric converter; Stochastic resonance; Wide spectrum vibrations

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CIRCUIT RESONANCE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; HARVESTERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETS; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RESONANCE; SCREEN PRINTING; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WHITE NOISE;

DEGREE OF NON-LINEARITY; LEAD-ZIRCONATE-TITANATE FILMS; NONLINEAR BISTABLE SYSTEM; PIEZOELECTRIC CONVERTER; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STOCHASTIC RESONANCES; WHITE NOISE EXCITATION; WIDE SPECTRUM;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77957123259     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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