Energy Harvesting from the Animal/Human Body for Self-Powered Electronics

• Published in: Annual review of biomedical engineering Vol. 19; p. 85
• Main Authors: Dagdeviren, Canan, Li, Zhou, Wang, Zhong Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 21.06.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Bioelectric Energy Sources; Electronics, Medical - instrumentation; Energy Transfer; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems - instrumentation; Prostheses and Implants; biofuel cell; piezoelectricity; thermoelectricity; energy harvesting; triboelectricity; self-powered electronics; mechanically adaptive electronics

Living subjects (i.e., humans and animals) have abundant sources of energy in chemical, thermal, and mechanical forms. The use of these energies presents a viable way to overcome the battery capacity limitation that constrains the long-term operation of wearable/implantable devices. The intersection...