Overview
- Details the importance of piezoelectric materials for modern materials science
- Explains the analysis of electromechanical properties and related parameters in various piezoelectric media
- Gives guidance to energy-harvesting with piezoelectric materials
- Contains numerous examples to energy harvesting
- Presents applications to novel energy-harvesting materials with outstanding electromechanical properties
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 238)
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This book covers the topic of vibration energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials. Piezoelectric materials are analyzed in the context of their electromechanical coupling, heterogeneity, microgeometry and interrelations between electromechanical properties. Piezoelectric ceramics and composites based on ferroelectrics are advanced materials that are suitable for harvesting mechanical energy from vibrations using inertial energy harvesting which relies on the resistance of a mass to acceleration and kinematic energy harvesting which couples the energy harvester to the relative movement of different parts of a source. In addition to piezoelectric materials, research efforts to develop optimization methods for complex piezoelectric energy harvesters are also reviewed. The book is important for specialists in the field of modern advanced materials and will stimulate new effective piezotechnical applications.
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Book Title: Modern Piezoelectric Energy-Harvesting Materials
Authors: Christopher R. Bowen, Vitaly Yu. Topolov, Hyunsun Alicia Kim
Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29143-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29141-3Published: 22 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80500-9Published: 20 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29143-7Published: 09 March 2016
Series ISSN: 0933-033X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 152
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Harvesting, Optical and Electronic Materials, Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Systems, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials