Modeling and optimisation of a solar energy harvesting system for wireless sensor network nodes

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Sharma, Himanshu ^a   Haque, Ahteshamul ^b   Jaffery, Zainul Abdin ^b  

^a KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Battery charging; DC DC Converters; Maximum power point tracking (MPPT); Smart cities; Solar energy harvesting; Wireless Sensor Nodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053119032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22242708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jsan7030040     Document Type: Article

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