Recent Progress in Piezoelectric Conversion and Energy Harvesting Using Nonlinear Electronic Interfaces and Issues in Small Scale Implementation

This paper aims at providing an up-to-date review of nonlinear electronic interfaces for energy harvesting from mechanical vibrations using piezoelectric coupling. The basic principles and the direct application to energy harvesting of nonlinear treatment of the output voltage of the transducers for...

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Main Authors: Daniel Guyomar, Mickaël Lallart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-06-01
Series:Micromachines
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/2/2/274/