DocumentCode
28931
Title
Harvesting energy at resonance from standing waves on polymer piezoelectric ribbon-like membrane
Author
Prakash, K. ; Mahidhar, R. ; Sambandan, Sanjiv
Author_Institution
Dept. of Instrum. & Appl. Phys., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
Volume
49
Issue
20
fYear
2013
fDate
September 26 2013
Firstpage
1294
Lastpage
1296
Abstract
Energy harvesting from standing waves on ribbon like membranes of polyvinylidene fluoride is investigated. At resonance, the energy density of 2 mW/gm suffices to power a ring oscillator load. A scaling law for harvestable energy as a function of ribbon length is developed.
Keywords
energy harvesting; oscillators; piezoelectric transducers; polymers; harvestable energy; harvesting energy; polymer piezoelectric ribbon like membrane; polyvinylidene fluoride; ring oscillator load; standing wave;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2013.2426
Filename
6612839
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