A new electrode design method in piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters to maximize output power

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 263, Issue , 2017, Pages 693-701

  Du, Sijun ^a   Jia, Yu ^a,b   Chen, Shao Tuan ^a   Zhao, Chun ^a   Sun, Boqian ^c   Arroyo, Emmanuelle ^a   Seshia, Ashwin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS); Piezoelectric transducers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENERGY HARVESTING; MEMS; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRODE DESIGN METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; METAL ELECTRODE LAYERS; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTER; PIEZOELECTRIC LAYERS; PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 85026357054     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2017.06.026     Document Type: Article

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