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Flexible piezoelectric polymer-based energy harvesting system for roadway applications

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In this article, a piezoelectric energy harvester module based on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer for roadway applications was presented, which exhibited stable performance and durability over the repeated number of bending cycles.
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This article is published in Applied Energy.The article was published on 2017-07-01. It has received 165 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: PMUT & Energy harvesting.

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High performance energy harvesting from flow-induced vibrations in trapezoidal oscillators

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effects of the attack angle and length ratio (d/D) of a trapezoidal oscillator on the FIV response and energy harvesting capability.
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Ferroelectric properties of flexible PZT composite films

TL;DR: In this article, a polymer matrix is embedded in the polymer matrix (PMMA) using solvent evaporation technique and X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed that the polymer induced a decrease in the average crystallite size.
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Electric energy output model of a piezoelectric transducer for pavement application under vehicle load excitation

TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between vehicle loads and the electrical energy output of a piezoelectric transducer was analyzed, and two output models considering the moving load were established.
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Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as a feedstock for material extrusion additive manufacturing

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the material extrusion additive manufacturing (MEAM) deposition parameters for creating viable 3D printed polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) structures with a balanced mix of mechanical and electrical properties.
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Energy conversion models and characteristics under various inner connections of a novel packaged piezoelectric transducer for pavements

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the effect of the spatial arrangement and electrical connection of piezoelectric materials inside 3-3 transducers and proposed five methods of promoting the energy conversion of the transducers.
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Fundamentals of Power Electronics

TL;DR: Converters in Equilibrium, Steady-State Equivalent Circuit Modeling, Losses, and Efficiency, and Power and Harmonics in Nonsinusoidal Systems.
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Role of renewable energy sources in environmental protection: A review

TL;DR: In this paper, a review has been done on scope of CO2 mitigation through solar cooker, water heater, dryer, biofuel, improved cookstove and by hydrogen, which provides an excellent opportunity for mitigation of greenhouse gas emission and reducing global warming through substituting conventional energy sources.
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Energy scavenging for mobile and wireless electronics

TL;DR: A whirlwind survey of energy harvesting can be found in this article, where the authors present a survey of recent advances in energy harvesting, spanning historic and current developments in sensor networks and mobile devices.
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A review of power harvesting using piezoelectric materials (2003–2006)

TL;DR: The field of power harvesting has experienced significant growth over the past few years due to the ever-increasing desire to produce portable and wireless electronics with extended lifespans as mentioned in this paper, and the use of batteries can be troublesome due to their limited lifespan, thus necessitating their periodic replacement.
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Prospects for LED lighting

TL;DR: More than one-fifth of US electricity is used to power artificial lighting as discussed by the authors and light-emitting diodes based on group III/nitride semiconductors are bringing about a revolution in energy-efficient lighting.
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