The last decade has witnessed significant advances in energy harvesting technologies as a possible alternative to provide a continuous power supply for small, low-power devices in applications, such as wireless sensing, data transmission, actuation, and medical implants. Piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) has been a salient topic in the literature and has attracted widespread attention from researchers due to its advantages of simple architecture, high power density, and good scalability. This paper presents a comprehensive review on the state-of-the-art of piezoelectric energy harvesting. Various key aspects to improve the overall performance of a PEH device are discussed, including basic fundamentals and configurations, materials and fabrication, performance enhancement mechanisms, applications, and future outlooks.
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December 2018
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December 27 2018
A comprehensive review on piezoelectric energy harvesting technology: Materials, mechanisms, and applications
Huicong Liu
;
1
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Robotics, School of Mechanical and Electric Engineering, Soochow University
, Suzhou 215123, China
2
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore
117576b)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: hcliu078@suda.edu.cn; elelc@nus.edu.sg; leesw@berkeley.edu; and lwlin@berkeley.edu
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Junwen Zhong;
Junwen Zhong
a)
3
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, University of California at Berkeley
, Berkeley, California 94720-1740, USA
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Chengkuo Lee
;
Chengkuo Lee
b)
2
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore
1175764
Hybrid-Integrated Flexible (Stretchable) Electronic Systems Program, National University of Singapore
, E6 #05-4, 5 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore
1176085
NUS Suzhou Research Institute (NUSRI)
, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
6
NUS Graduate School for Integrative Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
, Singapore
1174567
Center for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS, National University of Singapore
, E6 #05-11F, 5 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore
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Seung-Wuk Lee;
Seung-Wuk Lee
b)
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Department of Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley
, Berkeley, California 94720-1740, USA
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Liwei Lin
Liwei Lin
b)
3
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, University of California at Berkeley
, Berkeley, California 94720-1740, USA
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a)
H. Liu and J. Zhong contributed equally to this work.
b)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: hcliu078@suda.edu.cn; elelc@nus.edu.sg; leesw@berkeley.edu; and lwlin@berkeley.edu
Appl. Phys. Rev. 5, 041306 (2018)
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Received:
October 22 2018
Accepted:
November 01 2018
Citation
Huicong Liu, Junwen Zhong, Chengkuo Lee, Seung-Wuk Lee, Liwei Lin; A comprehensive review on piezoelectric energy harvesting technology: Materials, mechanisms, and applications. Appl. Phys. Rev. 1 December 2018; 5 (4): 041306. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5074184
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