Multi-Frequency Energy Harvesting Using Thick- Film Piezoelectric Cantilever

Due to the fact that the ambient vibration sources are random and unpredictable, the design of energy harvesters responsing to multi-freuqncy is desirable. In this paper, an array lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thick-film cantilevers were designed and fabricated to demonstrate the possibility of ha...

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Main Authors: Kok, Swee Leong, Mohamad, Norizan, Yap, David F. W., Chen, Soo Kien, Dee , Chang Fu
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5953918&contentType=Conference+Publications&searchField%3DSearch_All%26queryText%3DMulti-Frequency+Energy+Harvesting+Using+Thick-+Film+Piezoelectric+Cantilever
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http://eprints.utem.edu.my/4158/1/Multi-frequency_energy_harvesting_using_thick-film_piezoelectric_cantilever_InECCE_2011.pdf
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Summary:Due to the fact that the ambient vibration sources are random and unpredictable, the design of energy harvesters responsing to multi-freuqncy is desirable. In this paper, an array lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thick-film cantilevers were designed and fabricated to demonstrate the possibility of harvesting vibration energy from different frequencies. Two configurations of multi-cantilever were fabricated in a form that elevated from the substrate as free-standing structures. One having six cantilevers of constant width but different lengths and another having five cantilevers of constant length but different widths. The experimental results show a magnitude of voltage at around 70 mV in a range of freqnecy between 220 Hz to 520 Hz which is in a good agreement with simulation results.