Energy Harvesting Technologies (Hardcover)

Piezoelectric and Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting.- Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting.- Electromechanical Modeling of Cantilevered Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters for Persistent Base Motions.- Performance Evaluation of Vibration-Based Piezoelectric Energy Scavengers.- Piezoelectric Equivalent Circuit Models.- Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting.- Energy Harvesting Circuits and Architectures.- On the Optimal Energy Harvesting from a Vibration Source Using a Piezoelectric Stack.- Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensors.- Energy Harvesting using Non-linear Techniques.- Power Sources for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Harvesting Microelectronic Circuits.- Thermoelectrics.- Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting.- Optimized Thermoelectrics For Energy Harvesting Applications.- Microbatteries.- Thin Film Batteries for Energy Harvesting.- Materials for High-energy Density Batteries.- Selected Applications of Energy Harvesting Systems.- Feasibility of an Implantable, Stimulated Muscle-Powered Piezoelectric Generator as a Power Source for Implanted Medical Devices.- Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting for Bio MEMS Applications.- Harvesting Energy from the Straps of a Backpack Using Piezoelectric Materials.- Energy Harvesting for Active RF Sensors and ID Tags.- Powering Wireless SHM Sensor Nodes through Energy Harvesting.