期刊
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
卷 15, 期 6, 页码 3209-3220出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2386392
关键词
Vibrational energy harvesting; nonlinear harvester; snap-through-buckling; inkjet printed; piezoelectric; interdigitated electrodes
资金
- U.S. Office of Naval Research (Global)
- Office of Navel Research (ONR)
- U.S. Army International Technology Center (USAITC)
This paper covers a novel methodology for the realization of devices that are able to harvest energy from background mechanical vibrations. The novelties reside in the nonlinear mechanism ruling the harvester behavior and the printed technology used to realize the lab-scale prototype. The nonlinearity of the harvester is desirable, because vibrational energy is usually distributed in a band at low frequency and does not, therefore, lend itself to harvesting through a (linear) resonant device. Printed technology has the advantage of being ultracheap and, hence, suitable for proof-of-concept and rapid laboratory prototyping. In particular, inkjet printing technology affords the realization of low-cost electrodes with high resolution and multiple functional layers. This paper covers the mechanical properties of a snap-through buckling beam and details the results of experiments aimed at investigating the (nonlinear) mechanical properties as well as a theoretical fit to the experimental observations. Moreover, the electrical response of the device and, hence, its suitability for energy-harvesting applications are addressed. Powers on the order of 100 nW have been experimentally estimated by a lab-scale prototype with the aim of demonstrating the proof-of-concept of the snap-through buckling mechanism for energy harvesting.
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