Innovative materials and systems for energy harvesting applications

"This book reports on some of the best tools and technologies available for powering humanity's growing thirst for electronic devices, including piezoelectric, solar, thermoelectric, and electromagnetic energies"--

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Mescia, Luciano, 1973-, Losito, Onofrio, 1969-, Prudenzano, Franceso, 1964-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hershey, PA : Engineering Science Reference, [2015]
SeriesAdvances in environmental engineering and green technologies (AEEGT) book series.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781466682566
1466682566
9781466682542
9781466682559
1466682558
9781680157376
168015737X
146668254X
ISSN2326-9170
Physical Description1 online resource (xxii, 496 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Earth long-wave infrared emission, new ways to harvest energy / Luciano Mescia, Pietro Bia, Onofrio Losito
  • Optical nano-antennas for energy harvesting / Salah Obayya [and 3 others]
  • Wireless energy transfer: on the efficiency of low power rectenna topologies / Aya Mabrouki, Mohamed Latrach
  • Piezoelectric energy harvesting skin and its application to self-powered wireless sensor network / Byeng Dong Youn [and 5 others]
  • Rainfall energy harvester / Fabio Viola, Pietro Romano, Rosario Miceli
  • Energy harvesting aspects of irregular vibrating forces acting on piezoelectric devices / Alessandro Massaro
  • Modeling and performance enhancement of low-frequency energy harvesters / Abdessattar Abdelkefi
  • Energy harvesting and energy conversion devices using thermoelectric materials / Mihail O. Cernaianu, Aurel Gontean
  • A theory of thermoelectric energy harvesting systems / Hal Edwards [and 4 others]
  • Silver coatings with protective transparent films for solar concentrators / Monserrat Gutiérrez Muñoz [and 4 others]
  • Biomechanical energy harvesting: design, testing, and future trends in healthcare and human-machines interfacing / Giorgio De Pasquale
  • Nonlinear dynamics and design of aeroelastic energy harvesters / Abdessattar Abdelkefi
  • Energy harvesting from wastewater using nanofluidic reverse electrodialysis / Kilsung Kwon, Longnan Li, Daejoong Kim
  • Functionalization of specific electrostrictive polymers for high power harvesting / Bouchta Sahraoui [and 6 others].