A piezoelectric micro generator worked at low frequency and high acceleration based on PZT and phosphor bronze bonding

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Tang, Gang ^a,b   Yang, Bin ^a   Hou, Cheng ^b   Li, Guimiao ^a   Liu, Jingquan ^a   Chen, Xiang ^a   Yang, Chunsheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 85006043237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep38798     Document Type: Article

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