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
fDate :
September 26 2013
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2013.2426
