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A Bimorph Multi-layer Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester

A Bimorph Multi-layer Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester
A Bimorph Multi-layer Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester
This paper reports a bimorph piezoelectric vibration energy harvester incorporating multiple PZT layers. The advantage of a multi-layer generator is that it produces a higher power than a single-layer generator having the same total thickness. In addition, a lower voltage is required to polarize a multi-layer generator reducing the risk of breakdown during polarization. Moreover, the optimum resistive load of a multi-layer generator is much lower than that of a single-layer generator, which makes it easier to couple to the electrical domain. In this work, it was found, experimentally, that a double-layer generator produces 41.5% and 19.4% more power than a singlelayer generator with the same total thickness of PZT and resonant frequency. This was verified theoretically. The generators have been fabricated by screen printing which is attractive for low cost mass production.
Zhu, Dibin
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Almusallam, Ahmed
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Beeby, Steve
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Tudor, John
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Harris, Nick
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Zhu, Dibin
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Beeby, Steve
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Harris, Nick
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Zhu, Dibin, Almusallam, Ahmed, Beeby, Steve, Tudor, John and Harris, Nick (2010) A Bimorph Multi-layer Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester. PowerMEMS 2010, Leuven, Belgium. 01 - 03 Dec 2010.

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Abstract

This paper reports a bimorph piezoelectric vibration energy harvester incorporating multiple PZT layers. The advantage of a multi-layer generator is that it produces a higher power than a single-layer generator having the same total thickness. In addition, a lower voltage is required to polarize a multi-layer generator reducing the risk of breakdown during polarization. Moreover, the optimum resistive load of a multi-layer generator is much lower than that of a single-layer generator, which makes it easier to couple to the electrical domain. In this work, it was found, experimentally, that a double-layer generator produces 41.5% and 19.4% more power than a singlelayer generator with the same total thickness of PZT and resonant frequency. This was verified theoretically. The generators have been fabricated by screen printing which is attractive for low cost mass production.

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Published date: December 2010
Additional Information: Event Dates: December 1 - 3
Venue - Dates: PowerMEMS 2010, Leuven, Belgium, 2010-12-01 - 2010-12-03
Organisations: EEE

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Local EPrints ID: 271763
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/271763
PURE UUID: ce538a05-d385-4225-bf23-efceaf26389a
ORCID for Dibin Zhu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0517-3974
ORCID for Steve Beeby: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0800-1759
ORCID for John Tudor: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1179-9455
ORCID for Nick Harris: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4122-2219

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Date deposited: 08 Dec 2010 16:22
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:46

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Author: Dibin Zhu ORCID iD
Author: Ahmed Almusallam
Author: Steve Beeby ORCID iD
Author: John Tudor ORCID iD
Author: Nick Harris ORCID iD

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