Piezoelectric energy harvesting solutions

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 4755-4790

  Caliò, Renato ^a   Rongala, Udaya Bhaskar ^a   Camboni, Domenico ^a   Milazzo, Mario ^a   Stefanini, Cesare ^a   de Petris, Gianluca ^b   Oddo, Calogero Maria ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Telecom Italia WHITE Lab   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; MEMS; Piezoelectric generator; Power management; Wearable technology

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; NON-RESONANT DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATORS; POWER CONVERSION; POWER MANAGEMENTS; STATE OF THE ART; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84896455415     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140304755     Document Type: Review

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