The Effect of Flat Panel Reflectors on Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Nodes Under Low Illumination Levels

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7105-7111

  Prijić, Aneta ^a   Vračar, Ljubomir ^a   Pavlović, Zoran ^a   Kostić, Ljiljana ^a   Prijić, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

energy harvesting; Flat panel reflectors; photovoltaic; wireless sensor node

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA TRANSFER; ENERGY HARVESTING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN; PRINTED CIRCUITS; REFLECTION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

FLAT PANEL; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; INCLINATION ANGLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY HARVESTING; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODELING; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84943776845     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2015.2470548     Document Type: Article

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