Energy Harvesting for Wearable Sensors and Body Area Network Nodes

This paper aims to present new trends in energy-harvesting solutions pertaining to wearable sensors and powering Body Area Network nodes. To begin, we will present the capability of human beings to generate energy. We then examine solutions for converting kinetic and thermal energy from the human bo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Energies (Basel) 2023-02, Vol.16 (4), p.1681
Hauptverfasser: Dziadak, Bogdan, Makowski, Łukasz, Kucharek, Mariusz, Jóśko, Adam
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper aims to present new trends in energy-harvesting solutions pertaining to wearable sensors and powering Body Area Network nodes. To begin, we will present the capability of human beings to generate energy. We then examine solutions for converting kinetic and thermal energy from the human body. As part of our review of kinetic converters, we survey the structures and performance of electromagnetic, piezoelectric, and triboelectric systems. Afterward, we discuss thermal energy converters that utilize the heat generated by humans. In the final section, we present systems for converting energy from the electromagnetic waves surrounding a person. A number of these systems are suitable for use as wearables, such as RF harvesters and micro photovoltaic cells.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en16041681