• DocumentCode
    1885739
  • Title

    Energy Harvesting from PZT Pyroelectric Cells

  • Author

    Cuadras, A. ; Gasulla, M. ; Ghisla, A. ; Ferrari, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. Electron. Eng., Catalonia Tech. Univ., Castelldefels
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-27 April 2006
  • Firstpage
    1668
  • Lastpage
    1672
  • Abstract
    PZT pyroelectric elements were designed as thermal energy harvested sources, describing the best technological parameters to achieve large currents. It was demonstrated that currents followed the pyroelectric model for hot air heating. Large voltages were achieved in capacitor electrodes, what allowed charging and storaging energy in 1 muF capacitors. Moreover, it was also demonstrated cell parallel association to provide larger powers to a load
  • Keywords
    power supply circuits; pyroelectric detectors; thermoelectric conversion; 1 muF; PZT pyroelectric cells; capacitor electrodes; energy harvesting; hot air heating; pyroelectric model; pyroelectric sensor; Capacitance; Capacitors; Electric resistance; Electric variables measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Electrodes; Pyroelectricity; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Temperature; Voltage; Pyroelectric sensor; energy harvesting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2006. IMTC 2006. Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Sorrento
  • ISSN
    1091-5281
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9359-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1091-5281
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IMTC.2006.328193
  • Filename
    4124631