Recent progress in MEMS electret generator for energy harvesting

IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-111

  Suzuki, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charging technologies; Energy harvesting; MEMS; Polymer electrets

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRETS; HARVESTING; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; POLYETHERIMIDES; POWER ELECTRONICS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

CHARGING TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRET MATERIALS; ENERGY SOURCE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; RECENT PROGRESS; STRUCTURAL VIBRATIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79551630550     PISSN: 19314973     EISSN: 19314981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tee.20631     Document Type: Article

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