Nano/microscale pyroelectric energy harvesting: Challenges and opportunities

International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 229-245

  Lingam, Devashish ^a   Parikh, Ankit R ^a   Huang, Jiacheng ^a   Jain, Ankur ^b   Minary Jolandan, Majid ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

composites; energy harvesting; flexible devices; micro nanoscale; nanowires; pyroelectricity; self powered devices

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOWIRES; NATURAL RESOURCES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PYROELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION;

FLEXIBLE DEVICE; FUTURE CHALLENGES; GROWING DEMAND; MECHANICAL MOTIONS; MICRO/NANO-SCALE; PYROELECTRIC ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SELF-POWERED;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84898480151     PISSN: 19475411     EISSN: 1947542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2013.872207     Document Type: Article

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