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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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A Pavement Piezoelectric Energy Harvester for Small Input Displacements

TL;DR: In this article , a piezoelectric harvester for small displacement is proposed, where a seesaw mechanism is utilized to transmit the pressure displacement of axially deformed beams.
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Validation and Evaluation of a Behavioral Circuit Model of an Enhanced Electrostatic MEMS Converter

TL;DR: In this paper , a behavioral circuit model of an electrostatic MEMS converter is proposed to accurately find the converter behavior through the proper choice of its circuit elements, which enables the implementation of the converter using commercially available off-the-shelf circuit elements.
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Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting From Road Under Three Typical Lateral Positions Of Vehicle

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors calculate the output power of PEH units embedded along the lateral orientation of the pavement under three typical lateral positions of vehicles with different vehicle speeds and find the preferred embedded locations for PEH unit under various lateral positions for vehicle with different speed.
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A study on a novel piezoelectric bricks made of double-storey piezoelectric coupled beams

TL;DR: In this article , a double-storey piezoelectric coupled beam (DPCB) and a corresponding brick are developed to explore more efficient and economical method to harvest footstep energy.
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Design, fabrication and characterization of ferroelectret energy harvester

TL;DR: In this paper, a one-layer ferroelectret energy harvester is designed and fabricated, which is modeled as a mass-spring-damper under harmonic base excitation.
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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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