A new energy harvester design for high power output at low frequencies

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 199, Issue , 2013, Pages 344-352

  Dhakar, Lokesh ^a,b   Liu, Huicong ^a   Tay, F E H ^a,b   Lee, Chengkuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bandwidth widening; Composite cantilever beam; Energy harvester (EH); High power output; Low frequency; Mechanical stopper

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH WIDENING; COMPOSITE CANTILEVER BEAMS; ENERGY HARVESTER; HIGH POWER OUTPUT; LOW FREQUENCY; MECHANICAL STOPPER;

BANDWIDTH; ENERGY HARVESTING; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

EID: 84880299484     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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