Analysis and modeling of a piezoelectric energy harvester stimulated by β-emitting radioisotopes

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Alamin Dow, Ali B ^a   Schmid, U ^b   Kherani, Nazir P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND MODELING; CHARGE PARTITION; CHARGE-DISCHARGE; ELECTRICAL POWER; MODELING RESULTS; MODELING STUDIES; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; RADIOISOTOPE SOURCES;

HARVESTERS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RADIOISOTOPES;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 80155182144     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/20/11/115019     Document Type: Article

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