Self-powered fully-flexible light-emitting system enabled by flexible energy harvester

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 4035-4043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Kyu Jeong ◽  
Kwi-Il Park ◽  
Jung Hwan Son ◽  
Geon-Tae Hwang ◽  
Seung Hyun Lee ◽  
...  

We present a self-powered all-flexible light-emitting optoelectronic device using a flexible and high-performance piezoelectric energy harvester with a robustly developed flexible and vertically structured inorganic LED array.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (34) ◽  
pp. 16439-16449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengjun Wu ◽  
Ting Zheng ◽  
Haiwu Zheng ◽  
Jifang Li ◽  
Weichao Wang ◽  
...  

A flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) was fabricated based on a new inorganic piezoelectric KNN–BNZ–AS–Fe, which exhibited the great potential in energy harvesting and self-powered mechanosensing.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 3151
Author(s):  
Shuo Yang ◽  
Bin Wu ◽  
Xiucheng Liu ◽  
Mingzhi Li ◽  
Heying Wang ◽  
...  

In this study, a novel piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) based on the array composite spherical particle chain was constructed and explored in detail through simulation and experimental verification. The power test of the PEH based on array composite particle chains in the self-powered system was realized. Firstly, the model of PEH based on the composite spherical particle chain was constructed to theoretically realize the collection, transformation, and storage of impact energy, and the advantages of a composite particle chain in the field of piezoelectric energy harvesting were verified. Secondly, an experimental system was established to test the performance of the PEH, including the stability of the system under a continuous impact load, the power adjustment under different resistances, and the influence of the number of particle chains on the energy harvesting efficiency. Finally, a self-powered supply system was established with the PEH composed of three composite particle chains to realize the power supply of the microelectronic components. This paper presents a method of collecting impact energy based on particle chain structure, and lays an experimental foundation for the application of a composite particle chain in the field of piezoelectric energy harvesting.


Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 803
Author(s):  
Zhongjie Li ◽  
Chuanfu Xin ◽  
Yan Peng ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
Jun Luo ◽  
...  

A novel hybridization scheme is proposed with electromagnetic transduction to improve the power density of piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) in this paper. Based on the basic cantilever piezoelectric energy harvester (BC-PEH) composed of a mass block, a piezoelectric patch, and a cantilever beam, we replaced the mass block by a magnet array and added a coil array to form the hybrid energy harvester. To enhance the output power of the electromagnetic energy harvester (EMEH), we utilized an alternating magnet array. Then, to compare the power density of the hybrid harvester and BC-PEH, the experiments of output power were conducted. According to the experimental results, the power densities of the hybrid harvester and BC-PEH are, respectively, 3.53 mW/cm3 and 5.14 μW/cm3 under the conditions of 18.6 Hz and 0.3 g. Therefore, the power density of the hybrid harvester is 686 times as high as that of the BC-PEH, which verified the power density improvement of PEH via a hybridization scheme with EMEH. Additionally, the hybrid harvester exhibits better performance for charging capacitors, such as charging a 2.2 mF capacitor to 8 V within 17 s. It is of great significance to further develop self-powered devices.


Author(s):  
Guangya Ding ◽  
Hongjun Luo ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Guohui Yuan

A novel lever piezoelectric energy harvester (LPEH) was designed for installation in an actual roadway for energy harvesting. The model incorporates a lever module that amplifies the applied traffic load and transmits it to the piezoelectric ceramic. To observe the piezoelectric growth benefits of the optimized LPEH structure, the output characteristics and durability of two energy harvesters, the LPEH and a piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) without a lever, were measured and compared by carrying out piezoelectric performance tests and traffic model experiments. Under the same loading condition, the open circuit voltages of the LPEH and PEH were 20.6 and 11.7 V, respectively, which represents a 76% voltage increase for the LPEH compared to the PEH. The output power of the LPEH was 21.51 mW at the optimal load, which was three times higher than that of the PEH (7.45 mW). The output power was linearly dependent on frequency and load, implying the potential application of the module as a self-powered speed sensor. When tested during 300,000 loading cycles, the LPEH still exhibited stable structural performance and durability.


2022 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 551-563
Author(s):  
Julien Le Scornec ◽  
Benoit Guiffard ◽  
Raynald Seveno ◽  
Vincent Le Cam ◽  
Stephane Ginestar

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (23) ◽  
pp. 1801167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alam Mahmud ◽  
Asif Abdullah Khan ◽  
Peter Voss ◽  
Taylan Das ◽  
Eihab Abdel‐Rahman ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Zhengbao Yang ◽  
Jean Zu

Energy harvesting from vibrations has become, in recent years, a recurring target of a quantity of research to achieve self-powered operation of low-power electronic devices. However, most of energy harvesters developed to date, regardless of different transduction mechanisms and various structures, are designed to capture vibration energy from single predetermined direction. To overcome the problem of the unidirectional sensitivity, we proposed a novel multi-directional nonlinear energy harvester using piezoelectric materials. The harvester consists of a flexural center (one PZT plate sandwiched by two bow-shaped aluminum plates) and a pair of elastic rods. Base vibration is amplified and transferred to the flexural center by the elastic rods and then converted to electrical energy via the piezoelectric effect. A prototype was fabricated and experimentally compared with traditional cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvester. Following that, a nonlinear conditioning circuit (self-powered SSHI) was analyzed and adopted to improve the performance. Experimental results shows that the proposed energy harvester has the capability of generating power constantly when the excitation direction is changed in 360. It also exhibits a wide frequency bandwidth and a high power output which is further improved by the nonlinear circuit.


2019 ◽  
Vol 256 ◽  
pp. 113916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gyeong Ju Song ◽  
Jae Yong Cho ◽  
Kyung-Bum Kim ◽  
Jung Hwan Ahn ◽  
Yewon Song ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (14) ◽  
pp. 10662-10666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongjin Kim ◽  
Hee Seok Roh ◽  
Yeontae Kim ◽  
Kwangsoo No ◽  
Seungbum Hong

We designed and fabricated a high performance spring-type piezoelectric energy harvester that selectively collects current from the inner part of a spring shell.


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