Determination of the appropriate piezoelectric materials for various types of piezoelectric energy harvesters with high output power

Sun Woo Kim, Tae Gon Lee, Dae Hyeon Kim, Ku Tak Lee, Inki Jung, Chong Yun Kang, Seung Ho Han, Hyung Won Kang, Sahn Nahm

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    Abstract

    For a type-1 piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH), in which stress develops in the supporting system of the piezoelectric materials, the electromechanical coupling factor (k ij ) of the piezoelectric materials is important for the output power at the resonance frequency. Therefore, soft-piezoelectric materials are good candidates for these PEHs. For type-2 PEHs, in which stress develops in the piezoelectric material and supporting system, the figure of merit (FOM) of the output power at the resonance frequency is (k ij 2 × Q m )/s 11 E , where Q m and s 11 E are the mechanical quality factor and the elastic compliance of piezoelectric materials, respectively. In particular, the effect of Q m is very large for these PEHs, indicating that hard-piezoelectric materials are good candidates for type-2 PEHs operating at the resonance frequency. For both type-1 and type-2 PEHs operating at off-resonance frequency, the k ij 2 × d ij × g ij is the FOM of the output power of the PEHs, where g ij is a piezoelectric voltage constant. Therefore, soft-piezoelectric materials are also good candidates for both type-1 and type-2 PEHs operating at the off-resonance frequency.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)581-591
    Number of pages11
    JournalNano Energy
    Volume57
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019 Mar

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST), (No. CAP-17-04-KRISS ) grant by the Korea government ( MSIP ) (No. CAP-17-04-KRISS ) and the authors also thank the KU-KIST graduate school program of Korea University.

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST), (No. CAP-17-04-KRISS) grant by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. CAP-17-04-KRISS) and the authors also thank the KU-KIST graduate school program of Korea University.

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    © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

    Keywords

    • FOM
    • PEH
    • Piezoelectric materials
    • Q
    • k

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
    • General Materials Science
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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