Flow sensing and energy harvesting characteristics of a wind-driven piezoelectric Pb(Zr0.52, Ti0.48)O3 microcantilever

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 286-289

  Liu, Huicong ^a,b   Zhang, Songsong ^b   Kobayashi, Takeshi ^c   Chen, Tao ^a   Lee, Chengkuo ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FLOW RATE; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; LEAD; MICROSYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ELECTRICAL CHARGES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL STRAIN; MICRO-CANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILMS; PZT-MICRO CANTILEVER; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

LEAD; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSED AIR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; ENERGY HARVESTING; FLOW RATE; FLOW SENSING; IMPEDANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROCANTILEVER; MICROWAVE OVEN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLOSCOPE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; VIBRATION; WIND; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84899747432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2013.0750     Document Type: Article

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