Improving output power of piezoelectric energy harvesters using multilayer structures

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue , 2011, Pages 199-202

  Zhu, Dibin ^a   Beeby, Steve ^a   Tudor, John ^a   White, Neil ^a   Harris, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multilayer structure; Piezoelectric energy harvesters

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE LAYERS; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; OUTPUT POWER; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; PZT LAYER; SINGLE LAYER; SINGLE-LAYER STRUCTURE;

ENERGY HARVESTING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84857174383     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.12.049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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