Optimal geometry of a parallelized electret-based vibration energy harvester

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Okamoto, H ^a   Hamate, Y ^b   Xu, L ^a   Kuwano, H ^b  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTER; GAP LENGTH; MOVABLE ELECTRODES; OPTIMAL GEOMETRY; OUTPUT POWER; PARALLELIZATIONS; RAPIDLY CONVERGENT SERIES; VIBRATION ENERGIES;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; ENERGY HARVESTING;

ELECTRETS;

EID: 84861156859     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/6/065001     Document Type: Article

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