Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Solutions: A Review

Overview

Journal Sensors (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2020 Jun 25

PMID 32575888

Citations 55

Authors

Corina Covaci

Aurel Gontean

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Abstract

The goal of this paper is to review current methods of energy harvesting, while focusing on piezoelectric energy harvesting. The piezoelectric energy harvesting technique is based on the materials' property of generating an electric field when a mechanical force is applied. This phenomenon is known as the direct piezoelectric effect. Piezoelectric transducers can be of different shapes and materials, making them suitable for a multitude of applications. To optimize the use of piezoelectric devices in applications, a model is needed to observe the behavior in the time and frequency domain. In addition to different aspects of piezoelectric modeling, this paper also presents several circuits used to maximize the energy harvested.

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