Free-standing thick-film piezoelectric multimorph cantilevers for energy harvesting

• Main Authors: Kok, Swee Leong, White, Neil, Harris, Nick
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/4372/1/%281107%29_Free-standing_thick-film_piezoelectric_multimorph_cantilevers_for_energy_harvesting.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/4372/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5441676&tag=1

Piezoelectric materials provide one approach for converting mechanical to electrical energy and can therefore be used to harvest energy from ambient vibration sources. Typically, piezoelectric materials are fabricated onto thin substrates, such as aluminum and stainless steel. These serve as mechani...