A stiffness compensated piezoelectric energy harvester for low-frequency excitation

In this work, a stiffness compensated piezoelectric vibration energy harvester is modelled and tested for low-frequency excitations and large input amplitudes. Attracting magnets are used to introduce a negative stiffness that counteracts the stiffness of the piezoelectric beam. This results into a nearly statically balanced condition and...

Flexible piezoelectric AlN transducers buckled through package-induced preloading for mechanical energy harvesting

There is a high demand for novel flexible micro-devices for energy harvesting from low-frequency and random mechanical sources. The research of new functional designs is required to strategically enhance the performances and to increase the control on mechanical flexibility. In this work we report the fabrication and characterization of bi...