Highly piezoelectric MgZr co-doped aluminum nitride-based vibrational energy harvesters [Correspondence]

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2005-2008

  Minh, Le Van ^a   Hara, Motoaki ^a   Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi ^b   Nishihara, Tokihiro ^b   Ueda, Masanori ^c   Kuwano, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAIYO YUDEN CO LTD   (Japan)

^c TAIYO YUDEN Mobile Technology Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY HARVESTING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

COST ADVANTAGES; HIGH PIEZOELECTRICITIES; LOAD RESISTANCES; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MICRO-MACHINED; POWER DENSITIES; VIBRATION ACCELERATION; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

ALUMINUM NITRIDE;

EID: 84959471852     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2014.006750     Document Type: Article

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