Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

ARSLAN MAJID

ECE DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
 Overview

Energy harvesting

Piezoelectricity

Future outlook

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 Energy Harvesting

What is it?

Macro scale- wind and solar

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Micro scale- electromagnetic and piezoelectricity

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 Piezoelectricity

What is it?
Occurs in
polycrystalline materials
 (For example: Quartz,
lead-zirconate-titanate,
Rochelle salt, etc.)
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 Piezoelectricity- Output

Output always different

High voltage, low current
Sample output:

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 Future Outlook

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 Contact Information

Arslan Majid
ECE Department, University of Utah
u0537027@utah.edu
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 [6]- Shashank Priya and Daniel J. Inman, “Energy Harvesting Technologies,“ New York: Springer, 2009, pp. 125.
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