Energy harvesting for assistive and mobile applications

Energy Science and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 153-173

  Bhatnagar, Vikrant ^a   Owende, Philip ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ambient energy; Electrets; Magnetostrictive materials; Methodologies; Piezo (piezoelectric); Renewable energy; Thermodynamics; Thermoelectric; Transducers; Wireless sensor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTRETS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ENERGY HARVESTING; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DEVICES; SECONDARY BATTERIES; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSDUCERS; WEARABLE SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AMBIENT ENERGY; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MATERIAL; METHODOLOGIES; PIEZO (PIEZOELECTRIC); RENEWABLE ENERGIES; THERMOELECTRIC; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ELECTRON DEVICES;

EID: 85011425702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20500505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ese3.63     Document Type: Review

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