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Energy harvesting: State-of-the-art

Adnan Harb
- 01 Oct 2011 - 
- Vol. 36, Iss: 10, pp 2641-2654
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In this article, the authors present a brief history of energy harvesting for low power systems followed by a review of the state-of-the-art energy harvesting techniques, power conversion, power management, and battery charging.
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This article is published in Renewable Energy.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 635 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Energy source & Energy harvesting.

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Energy harvesting in wireless sensor networks: A comprehensive review

TL;DR: A comprehensive taxonomy of the various energy harvesting sources that can be used by WSNs is presented and some of the challenges still need to be addressed to develop cost-effective, efficient, and reliable energy harvesting systems for the WSN environment are identified.
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Micropower energy harvesting

TL;DR: This paper summarizes recent energy harvesting results and their power management circuits.
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Triboelectric nanogenerators as a new energy technology: From fundamentals, devices, to applications

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review on the fundamentals, operating modes, device design and performance enhancement of the triboelectric nanogenerator has been presented, which provides a viable means of powering portable and wearable electronics, but also demonstrates a possible route towards power generation in large scale.
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A survey of network lifetime maximization techniques in wireless sensor networks

TL;DR: The family of NL maximization techniques is introduced, the portrayal of rich variety definitions of NL design objective used for WSNs, and some design guidelines with examples are provided to show the potential improvements of the different design criteria.
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A 20 mV Input Boost Converter With Efficient Digital Control for Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting

TL;DR: In this article, a low power boost converter for thermoelectric energy harvesting that demonstrates an efficiency that is 15% higher than the state-of-the-art for voltage conversion ratios above 20.
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TL;DR: Energy Harvesting Technologies as mentioned in this paper provides a cohesive overview of the fundamentals and current developments in the field of energy harvesting, as well as theory and design rules required for fabrication of efficient electronics, and recent findings in thermoelectric energy harvesting systems.
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Analysis of a micro-electric generator for microsystems

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Vibration-to-electric energy conversion

TL;DR: A system to convert ambient mechanical vibration into electrical energy for use in powering autonomous low power electronic systems and an ultra low-power delay locked loop (DLL)-based system capable of autonomously achieving a steady-state lock to the vibration frequency is described.
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