Advanced Applications of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 March 2022) | Viewed by 243
Special Issue Editor
Interests: solid mechanics; mechanical vibration; smart materials and structures; energy harvesting; structural health monitoring
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Dear Colleagues,
The development and application of piezoelectricity to the field of energy generation and harvesting have attracted increasing attention from scholars in the mechanical and electrical engineering fields. Simple piezoelectric mechanism directly transferring mechanical deformation to electrical potential or charge output allows flexible designs of electrical energy generators based on diverse mechanical motions, such as the vibration of mechanical and civil structures, air flows, and water waves. Piezoelectricity produced from these widely distributed dynamic motions can be applied to power wireless electronics, such as signal transducers, lights, speakers, and robots utilized in engineering and medical fields. High power generation could be realized through the development and application of advanced piezoelectric materials/structures with significant piezoelectric coupling effects and high strength/flexible mechanical properties.
This Special Issue of the journal Applied Sciences aims to cover recent advances in applications of piezoelectricity energy harvesting, including theoretical and experimental contributions. Novel works from various points of view, including but not restricted to application study and realization, design, electrical circuit, and piezoelectric mechanism discussion, are welcome.
Dr. Nan Wu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- piezoelectric
- electromechanical coupling effect
- dynamic motions
- energy harvesting
- power generation
- electric power
- wireless equipment
