Passively-switched energy harvester for increased operational range

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Tian ^a   Pierre, Ryan St ^b   Livermore, Carol ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

energy harvester; frequency up conversion; harvester; piezoelectric harvester

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTING; EXPERIMENTS; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; HARVESTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS; DRIVING FREQUENCIES; ENERGY HARVESTER; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTER; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

HARVESTING;

EID: 84906241895     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/23/9/095045     Document Type: Article

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