Investigation of multimodal electret-based MEMS energy harvester with impact-induced nonlinearity

• Main Authors: Tao, Kai, Tang, Lihua, Wu, Jin, Lye, Sun Woh, Chang, Honglong, Miao, Jianmin
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; 2DOF; Multimodal
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142333
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents an electret-based MEMS energy harvester synergizing the advantages of multi-modal structure and impact mechanism for broad operating bandwidth. The device with a volume of 295 mm3 comprises an electret-based primary subsystem for power generation and an electrode-free auxiliary s...