On accumulation of water droplets in piezoelectric energy harvesting

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 521-530

  Wong, Voon Kean ^a   Ho, Jee Hou ^a   Sam, Hui Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

energy harvesting; piezoelectric; water droplet impact

Indexed keywords

DROPS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ENERGY HARVESTER; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC BEAM; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING; THEORETICAL MODELING; TRANSIENT DYNAMICS; WATER DROPLETS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 85013448338     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X16649702     Document Type: Article

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