A microbial fuel cell powering an all-digital piezoresistive wireless sensor system

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 1023-1033

  Tommasi, T ^a   Chiolerio, A ^a   Crepaldi, M ^a   Demarchi, D ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; SILICONES; TRANSMITTERS;

CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; COPPER MICROPARTICLES; DISCRETE COMPONENTS; ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); PIEZORESISTIVE PRESSURE SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE; WIRELESS SENSOR SYSTEM;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84897538379     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-014-2104-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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