Abstract:Summary
Technological advancement is generating a heap of electronic waste and has put onus on the production of wearable electronic systems to be environmentally sustainable without compromising much with their functionality. Many such systems employ flexible piezo sensors for force sensing and/or energy harvesting. In this work, we demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating a flexible piezoelectric energy harvester and sensor by reinforcing a biodegradable polymer polycaprolactone (PCL) with powders of ferro… Show more
“…Two widely studied methods to harvest mechanical motions are triboelectric energy harvesting (TEH) [7][8][9][10] and piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH). [11][12][13][14][15] The TEH process relies on the contact/separation or friction between different material layers with dissimilar work functions. On the other hand, the PEH process is governed by the principle of piezoelectricity, i.e., generation of electrical charges on the opposite surfaces of the non-centrosymmetric crystals upon applications of mechanical vibrations.…”
Generation of electricity from naturally abandoned mechanical vibrations is utmost important in the modern era of internet of things. This strategy is highly beneficial to drive low power electronic devices...
“…Two widely studied methods to harvest mechanical motions are triboelectric energy harvesting (TEH) [7][8][9][10] and piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH). [11][12][13][14][15] The TEH process relies on the contact/separation or friction between different material layers with dissimilar work functions. On the other hand, the PEH process is governed by the principle of piezoelectricity, i.e., generation of electrical charges on the opposite surfaces of the non-centrosymmetric crystals upon applications of mechanical vibrations.…”
Generation of electricity from naturally abandoned mechanical vibrations is utmost important in the modern era of internet of things. This strategy is highly beneficial to drive low power electronic devices...
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