Flexible Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters and Sensors

Flexible Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters and Sensors

A systematic and complete discussion of the latest progress in flexible piezoelectric energy harvesting and sensing technologies

In Flexible Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters and Sensors, a team of distinguished researchers delivers a comprehensive exploration of the design methods, working mechanisms, microfabrication processes, and applications of flexible energy harvesters for wearable and implantable devices. The book discusses the monitoring of normal force, shear force, strain, and displacement in flexible sensors, as well as relevant artificial intelligence algorithms. Readers will also find an overview of design and research challenges facing professionals in the field, as well as a variety of perspectives on flexible energy harvesters and sensors.

With an extensive focus on the use of flexible piezoelectric material technologies for medical applications, Flexible Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters and Sensors also includes:

• A thorough introduction to the working principles of piezoelectric devices, including discussions of flexible PEH and piezoelectric sensors
• Comprehensive treatments of the design of flexible piezoelectric energy harvesters, including the challenges associated with their structural design
• Fulsome explanations of the fabrication of flexible piezoelectric energy harvesters, including piezoelectric ceramic thin and think films
• In-depth treatments of cantilever piezoelectric energy harvesters, including optimized cantilever, bimorph, and optimized bimorph PEH

Perfect for materials scientists, electronics engineers, and solid-state physicists, Flexible Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters and Sensors will also earn a place in the libraries of sensor developers, and surface physicists.

Dr. Bin Yang is an associate professor of the Department of Micro/Nano Electronics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 2006. He was a Research Fellow with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the National University of Singapore and Senior Search Engineer with the Institute of Microelectronics, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore from 2007 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011, he was a Senior Research and Development Engineer with the AAC Acoustic Technologies Company, Ltd., Singapore. His research interests include micro/nano energy harvesting, piezoelectric actuators and sensors.

Dr. Zhiran Yi is a Postdoctoral fellow in The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received his M.S. degree from University of Science and Technology of China, in 2016. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree at the National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Nano/Micro Fabrication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. His research interests mainly include MEMS/NEMS, piezoelectric energy harvesting, self-powered devices for WSN or IOT and wearable/implantable sensors for healthcare monitoring.

Dr. Chengkuo Lee worked as a Foreign Researcher in the Nanometer scale Manufacturing Science Laboratory of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, from 1993 to 1996. Thereafter, he became a Senior Research Staff Member of Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan. In 1997, he joined Metrodyne Microsystem Corporation, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and established the MEMS device division and as the Manager between 1997 and 2000. He was an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Electro-physics Department of National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan in 1998, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Institute of Precision Engineering of National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, from 2001 to 2005. In August 2001, he cofounded Asia Pacific Microsystems, Inc., where he first became Vice President of R&D. From 2006 to 2009, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the Institute of Microelectronics, A-Star, Singapore. He has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, since December 2005.

Chapter 1 Introduction (Background of flexible EHs and sensors)
Chapter 2 Design methods of flexible substrate piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs)
Chapter 3 Fabrication of flexible piezoelectric EH
Chapter 4 Nonlinear flexible PEH
Chapter 5 Rotation-driven flexible PEH
Chapter 6 Wearable flexible PEH
Chapter 7 Implantable flexible PEH
Chapter 8 Flexible tactile sensors
Chapter 9 Artificial intelligence algorithm for flexible sensors
Chapter 10 Conclusion and Future Perspective