A Flexible Piezoelectric Pulsewave Energy Harvester for Application to High-Efficiency Multi-Functional Skin Patches

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 388-393

  Yoon, Sunghyun ^a   Sim, Jai Kyoung ^a   Cho, Young Ho ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arterial pulsewave energy; flexible energy harvester; piezoelectric energy harvesting; skin patch

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ENERGY HARVESTING; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYIMIDES; SILVER;

ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRODE LAYERS; FABRICATION PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; PIEZOELECTRIC LAYERS; SIMPLE STRUCTURES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84957638654     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2016.2518704     Document Type: Article

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