Design and analysis of a connected broadband multi-piezoelectric-bimorph- beam energy harvester

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1016-1023

  Zhang, Haifeng ^a   Afzalul, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENERGY HARVESTING; FREQUENCY BANDS; MEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ELECTROCHEMICAL BATTERIES; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); OPERATIONAL FREQUENCY; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPHS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTERS; SELF-POWERED SYSTEMS;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84901391849     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2014.2997     Document Type: Article

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