Piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials and structures for energy harvesting applications

Hybrid piezoelectric-inductive flow energy harvesting and dimensionless electroaeroelastic analysis for scaling

(2013) J. A. C. Dias et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Measurement techniques for piezoelectric nanogenerators

(2013) Joe Briscoe et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Enhanced mechanical energy harvesting using needleless electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanofibre webs

(2013) Jian Fang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Vertical comb drive actuator for the measurement of piezoelectric coefficients in small-scale systems

(2013) J Wooldridge et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Progress in nanogenerators for portable electronics

(2013) Zhong Lin Wang et al.   Materials Today

Effect of bias conditions on pressure sensors based on AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor

(2013) E.D. Le Boulbar et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

A review of the recent research on vibration energy harvesting via bistable systems

(2013) R L Harne et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Topology optimization of a cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvester using stress norm constraints

(2013) Fabian Wein et al.   STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION

Ferroelectric nanoparticles, wires and tubes: synthesis, characterisation and applications

(2013) Justin Varghese et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Flexible Hybrid Energy Cell for Simultaneously Harvesting Thermal, Mechanical, and Solar Energies

(2012) Ya Yang et al.   ACS Nano

Flexible Pyroelectric Nanogenerators using a Composite Structure of Lead-Free KNbO3Nanowires

(2012) Ya Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Review of Mechanical and Electromechanical Properties of Piezoelectric Nanowires

(2012) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Progress in Piezotronics and Piezo-Phototronics

(2012) Zhong Lin Wang   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Topology optimization of piezoelectric energy harvesting devices considering static and harmonic dynamic loads

(2012) Jin Yee Noh et al.   ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING SOFTWARE

Measured efficiency of a ZnO nanostructured diode piezoelectric energy harvesting device

(2012) J. Briscoe et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Charge redistribution in piezoelectric energy harvesters

(2012) Mark Stewart et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Performance of a piezoelectric energy harvester driven by air flow

(2012) C. A. Kitio Kwuimy et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Optimal configurations of bistable piezo-composites for energy harvesting

(2012) D. N. Betts et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Powering pacemakers from heartbeat vibrations using linear and nonlinear energy harvesters

(2012) M. Amin Karami et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Pyroelectric waste heat energy harvesting using heat conduction

(2012) Felix Y. Lee et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Influence of pattern gradation on the design of piezocomposite energy harvesting devices using topology optimization

(2012) S.L. Vatanabe et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Nano-Imprinting of Highly Ordered Nano-Pillars of Lithium Niobate (LiNbO3)

(2012) R. W. C. Lewis et al.   FERROELECTRICS

A new hole insertion method for level set based structural topology optimization

(2012) Peter D. Dunning et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING

AlN thin film transducers for high temperature non-destructive testing applications

(2012) Ruozhou Hou et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

A real vibration database for kinetic energy harvesting application

(2012) Igor Neri et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Bistable vibration energy harvesters: A review

(2012) Sergio P Pellegrini et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Design optimization of piezoelectric energy harvester subject to tip excitation

(2012) Juil Park et al.   Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Artificial intelligence based optimization for vibration energy harvesting applications

(2012) Zdenek Hadas et al.   MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES-MICRO-AND NANOSYSTEMS-INFORMATION STORAGE AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS

From nanogenerators to piezotronics—A decade-long study of ZnO nanostructures

(2012) Zhong Lin Wang   MRS BULLETIN

Piezoelectric MEMS for energy harvesting

(2012) Sang-Gook Kim et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Pyroelectric Nanogenerators for Driving Wireless Sensors

(2012) Ya Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Pyroelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Thermoelectric Energy

(2012) Ya Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanowires for energy generation

(2012) Pritesh Hiralal et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Energy harvesting: an integrated view of materials, devices and applications

(2012) H B Radousky et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Piezoelectric nanoribbons for monitoring cellular deformations

(2012) Thanh D. Nguyen et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Virus-based piezoelectric energy generation

(2012) Byung Yang Lee et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Experimental and theoretical studies on MEMS piezoelectric vibrational energy harvesters with mass loading

(2012) Robert Andosca et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Electric field dependence of the Curie temperature of ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) co-polymers for pyroelectric energy harvesting

(2012) Gilhwan Cha et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Waste heat energy harvesting using the Olsen cycle on 0.945Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3– 0.055PbTiO3single crystals

(2012) Ian M McKinley et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Pyroelectric waste heat energy harvesting using relaxor ferroelectric 8/65/35 PLZT and the Olsen cycle

(2012) Felix Y Lee et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Nanostructured p-n Junctions for Kinetic-to-Electrical Energy Conversion

(2012) Joe Briscoe et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Evidence of high rate visible light photochemical decolourisation of Rhodamine B with BiFeO3 nanoparticles associated with BiFeO3 photocorrosion

(2012) Chang Hengky et al.   RSC Advances

Piezoelectric nanofibers for energy scavenging applications

(2012) Jiyoung Chang et al.   Nano Energy

Design of piezoelectric energy harvesting devices subjected to broadband random vibrations by applying topology optimization

(2011) Zhe-Qi Lin et al.   ACTA MECHANICA SINICA

Replacing a Battery by a Nanogenerator with 20 V Output

(2011) Youfan Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Inside Cover: [16]Cloverphene: a Clover-Shaped cata-Condensed Nanographene with Sixteen Fused Benzene Rings (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2012)

(2011) José M. Alonso et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Lithium niobate nanowires for photocatalytic water splitting

(2011) Kenji Saito et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

PVDF microbelts for harvesting energy from respiration

(2011) Chengliang Sun et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Cyclic energy harvesting from pyroelectric materials

(2011) P Mane et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL

A review of piezoelectric energy harvesting based on vibration

(2011) Heung Soo Kim et al.   International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing

Spatially selective visible light photocatalytic activity of TiO2/BiFeO3 heterostructures

(2011) Yiling Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Piezoelectric Materials for High Temperature Sensors

(2011) Shujun Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Temperature effects on output power of piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters

(2011) Seon-Bae Kim et al.   MICROELECTRONICS JOURNAL

Enhanced Piezoelectricity and Stretchability in Energy Harvesting Devices Fabricated from Buckled PZT Ribbons

(2011) Yi Qi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Giant Piezoelectric Size Effects in Zinc Oxide and Gallium Nitride Nanowires. A First Principles Investigation

(2011) Ravi Agrawal et al.   NANO LETTERS

Individual GaN Nanowires Exhibit Strong Piezoelectricity in 3D

(2011) Majid Minary-Jolandan et al.   NANO LETTERS

The pyroelectric energy harvesting capabilities of PMN–PT near the morphotropic phase boundary

(2011) Razmig Kandilian et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

An investigation of energy harvesting from renewable sources with PVDF and PZT

(2011) D Vatansever et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Pyroelectric energy harvesting using Olsen cycles in purified and porous poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)] thin films

(2011) Ashcon Navid et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Direct strain energy harvesting in automobile tires using piezoelectric PZT–polymer composites

(2011) D A van den Ende et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Piezoelectric nanogenerators—Harvesting ambient mechanical energy at the nanometer scale

(2011) Xudong Wang   Nano Energy

High temperature ultrasonic transducer up to 1000 °C using lithium niobate single crystal

(2010) Clifford T. Searfass et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A piezoelectric bistable plate for nonlinear broadband energy harvesting

(2010) A. F. Arrieta et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Pyroelectric energy converter using co-polymer P(VDF-TrFE) and Olsen cycle for waste heat energy harvesting

(2010) Hiep Nguyen et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Multi-physics interpolation for the topology optimization of piezoelectric systems

(2010) Jae Eun Kim et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING

A level set approach for optimal design of smart energy harvesters

(2010) Shikui Chen et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING

Nanotechnology-enabled flexible and biocompatible energy harvesting

(2010) Yi Qi et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Towards optimization of a pyroelectric energy converter for harvesting waste heat

(2010) Ashcon Navid et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Optimal configuration of microstructure in ferroelectric materials by stochastic optimization

(2010) K. P. Jayachandran et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Analysis of dual-mode thin film bulk acoustic resonators based on polar c-axis tilted wurtzite gallium nitride

(2010) Lifeng Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Pyroelectric response of ferroelectric nanowires: Size effect and electric energy harvesting

(2010) A. N. Morozovska et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Mass sensitivity of thin film bulk acoustic resonator sensors based on polar c-axis tilted zinc oxide and aluminum nitride thin film

(2010) Lifeng Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Sensor shape design for piezoelectric cantilever beams to harvest vibration energy

(2010) Michael I. Friswell et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Higher-order harmonic resonances and mechanical properties of individual cadmium sulphide nanowires measured by in situ transmission electron microscopy

(2010) P. Gao et al.   Microscopy

Harvesting Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Using Pyroelectric Materials

(2010) Jin Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Optimization of Smart Beams for Maximum Modal Electromechanical Coupling Using Genetic Algorithms

(2010) Raed I. Bourisli et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Beam Shape Optimization for Power Harvesting

(2010) John M. Dietl et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Direct Water Splitting Through Vibrating Piezoelectric Microfibers in Water

(2010) Kuang-Sheng Hong et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Lateral nanowire/nanobelt based nanogenerators, piezotronics and piezo-phototronics

(2010) Zhong Lin Wang et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Piezoelectric Ribbons Printed onto Rubber for Flexible Energy Conversion

(2010) Yi Qi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Reversible electric control of exchange bias in a multiferroic field-effect device

(2010) S. M. Wu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Above-bandgap voltages from ferroelectric photovoltaic devices

(2010) S. Y. Yang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Utilisation of smart polymers and ceramic based piezoelectric materials for scavenging wasted energy

(2010) I. Patel et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Thermal energy harvesting through pyroelectricity

(2010) A. Cuadras et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Layout design optimization for magneto-electro-elastic laminate composites for maximized energy conversion under mechanical loading

(2010) Kyung Ho Sun et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Laminate composites with enhanced pyroelectric effects for energy harvesting

(2010) H H S Chang et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Improving the performance of a piezoelectric energy harvester using a variable thickness beam

(2010) Simon Paquin et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Multifunctional self-charging structures using piezoceramics and thin-film batteries

(2010) S R Anton et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Bulk Photovoltaic Effect at Visible Wavelength in Epitaxial Ferroelectric BiFeO3Thin Films

(2009) Wei Ji et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The contributions of the acoustic modes and optical modes to the primary pyroelectric coefficient of GaN

(2009) W. S. Yan et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Photovoltaic effects in BiFeO3

(2009) S. Y. Yang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nonlinear pyroelectric energy harvesting from relaxor single crystals

(2009) A. Khodayari et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL

Comparative Study of Energy Harvesting from High Temperature Piezoelectric Single Crystals

(2009) Vishwas Bedekar et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Design of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems: A Topology Optimization Approach Based on Multilayer Plates and Shells

(2009) Cory J. Rupp et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Performance of Thin Piezoelectric Materials for Pyroelectric Energy Harvesting

(2009) J. Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Vibration energy harvesting with aluminum nitride-based piezoelectric devices

(2009) R Elfrink et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Interaction of Stern layer and domain structure on photochemistry of lead-zirconate-titanate

(2009) P M Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

ZnO nanowire and nanobelt platform for nanotechnology

(2009) Zhong Lin Wang   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Strategies for increasing the operating frequency range of vibration energy harvesters: a review

(2009) Dibin Zhu et al.   MEASUREMENT SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

Piezoelectric MEMS sensors: state-of-the-art and perspectives

(2009) S Tadigadapa et al.   MEASUREMENT SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

Vibration energy scavenging via piezoelectric bimorphs of optimized shapes

(2009) Denis Benasciutti et al.   MICROSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES-MICRO-AND NANOSYSTEMS-INFORMATION STORAGE AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS

Switchable Ferroelectric Diode and Photovoltaic Effect in BiFeO3

(2009) T. Choi et al.   SCIENCE

An experimentally validated bimorph cantilever model for piezoelectric energy harvesting from base excitations

(2009) A Erturk et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

On thermoelectric and pyroelectric energy harvesting

(2009) Gael Sebald et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

The effect of ferroelectric polarization on the interaction of water and methanol with the surface of LiNbO3(0001)

(2009) J. Garra et al.   SURFACE SCIENCE

Influence of ferroelectricity on the photoelectric effect of LiNbO3

(2008) S. Dunn et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Photochemical Investigation of a Polarizable Semiconductor, Lead-Zirconate-Titanate

(2008) P. M. Jones et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Energy harvesting based on FE-FE transition in ferroelectric single crystals

(2008) D. Guyomar et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL

Pyroelectric energy conversion: Optimization principles

(2008) G. Sebald et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL

Gadolinium calcium oxyborate piezoelectric single crystals for ultrahigh temperature (>1000 °C) applications

(2008) Shujun Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Toward Heat Energy Harvesting using Pyroelectric Material

(2008) Daniel Guyomar et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Characterization of different beam shapes for piezoelectric energy harvesting

(2008) Frank Goldschmidtboeing et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Energy Harvesting From Human and Machine Motion for Wireless Electronic Devices

(2008) P.D. Mitcheson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Biomechanical Energy Harvesting: Generating Electricity During Walking with Minimal User Effort

(2008) J. M. Donelan et al.   SCIENCE

Powering MEMS portable devices—a review of non-regenerative and regenerative power supply systems with special emphasis on piezoelectric energy harvesting systems

(2008) K A Cook-Chennault et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Topology optimization of energy harvesting devices using piezoelectric materials

(2008) Bin Zheng et al.   STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION