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A Polymer-based Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester with a 3D Meshed-Core Structure
Published on: February 20, 2019
Data of a triboelectric energy harvester in low frequency environment and its potential as a power source in a
Marios Kaminiotis1,2, Julien Le Scornec1, Romain Noël1
1I4S, COSYS-SII, Inria, Université Gustave Eiffel, F-44344 Bouguenais, France.
Abstract:
The current article highlights the potential usage of a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) as a power source in a wireless sensor node in the field of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). The voltage response of the TENG across different resistors and capacitors is used to characterize the power output of the vibration energy harvester and it estimates the energy that the TENG can provide to a circuitry. The provided data were collected using a custom-made LEGO platform, which was set to operate in low frequency sinusoidal motion, simulating a low frequency vibration environment of a bridge cable. This paper aims to encourage the usage of such effective energy harvesters in SHM by showcasing their potential in powering up a wireless sensor node directly, or act as a complementary energy source to a battery.
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