A wideband fractal-inspired piezoelectric energy converter: Design, simulation and experimental characterization

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Castagnetti, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EIGEN FREQUENCIES; ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; THIN-SHEET STRUCTURES; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

ENERGY HARVESTING; KINETICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSOR NODES;

FRACTALS;

EID: 84884564558     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/22/9/094024     Document Type: Article

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