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Harvesting Energy from Human Activity: Ferroelectric Energy Harvesters for Portable, Implantable, and Biomedical Electronics
Author(s) -
Zhang Guangzu,
Li Mingyu,
Li Honglang,
Wang Qing,
Jiang Shenglin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
energy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2194-4296
pISSN - 2194-4288
DOI - 10.1002/ente.201700622
Subject(s) - ferroelectricity , energy harvesting , electronics , materials science , power electronics , electrical engineering , electric potential energy , nanotechnology , fabrication , power (physics) , engineering physics , optoelectronics , engineering , voltage , physics , quantum mechanics , dielectric , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Energy harvesters based on ferroelectric materials, which are capable of converting mechanical and thermal energies into electric power, have drawn unprecedented attention in both academic and industrial fields because of their great potential in harvesting human‐activity‐induced and other energies of the human body to drive low‐power, personal, portable, and implantable electronics. Based on previous works that uncovered the features of advanced materials and the nanotechnologies for the fabrication of ferroelectric generators, we emphasize the potential of ferroelectric energy harvesters in biomedical applications, with not only traditional ferroelectrics but also newly developed ferroelectric biomaterials. In addition, the latest representative integration schemes of hybrid generators with ferroelectric materials are outlined, which could markedly extend the functions of energy harvesters, especially for implantable and biomedical applications.