Vibration energy harvesting using macro-fiber composites

• Main Authors: Yang, Yaowen, Tang, Lihua, Li, Hongyun
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Energy materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99681; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24057
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The decreasing energy consumption of today's portable electronics has invoked the possibility of energy harvesting from the ambient environment for self-power supply. One common and simple method for vibration energy harvesting is to utilize the direct piezoelectric effect. Compared to traditio...