Open AccessHarvesting energy at resonance from standing waves on polymer piezoelectric ribbon‐like membrane
Author(s) -
Prakash K.,
Mahidhar R.,
Sambandan S.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2013.2426
Subject(s) - standing wave , piezoelectricity , energy harvesting , acoustics , materials science , resonance (particle physics) , ribbon , membrane , energy (signal processing) , physics , composite material , chemistry , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , particle physics
Energy harvesting from standing waves on ribbon like membranes of polyvinylidene fluoride is investigated. At resonance, the energy density of 2 mW/gm suffices to power a ring oscillator load. A scaling law for harvestable energy as a function of ribbon length is developed.