Scavenging vibrational energy with a novel bistable electromagnetic energy harvester

• Published in: Smart materials and structures Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 25022 - 25034
• Main Authors: Yan, Bo, Yu, Ning, Zhang, Lu, Ma, Hongye, Wu, Chuanyu, Wang, Ke, Zhou, Shengxi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.02.2020
• Subjects: bistable; electromagnetic energy harvester; energy harvesting; modeling; nonlinear vibration

Harvesting energy from mechanical vibrations via nonlinear energy harvesters has been considered as an effective approach for permanently powering embedded devices and sensors. Many previous studies focused on nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvesters based on cantilever beam structures. This paper...