Piezoelectric energy generation and harvesting at the nano-scale: Materials and devices

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dakua, Indrani ^a   Afzulpurkar, Nitin ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Lead zirconium titanate (PZT); Nano generator; Piezoelectricity; Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF); ZnO

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY HARVESTING; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOSENSORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ZINC OXIDE; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

LEAD ZIRCONIUM TITANATE; NANO-GENERATOR; NANOSTRUCTURED ZINC OXIDES; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; POWER GENERATING DEVICES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84899524140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18479804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/56941     Document Type: Review

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