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Wearable, Miniaturized, Implantable Energy Harvesters

A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D：Materials and Processing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 7355

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Dr. Seonho Seok

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Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), University-Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
Interests: packaging; MEMS; integration; bonding; polymer; adhesion
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Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

It is known that IoT devices need to be autonomous; thus, energy harvesting by itself is an area of great importance. Recently, wearable devices have gained significant interests from academia and various industries owing to their immense applications, such as biomedical, health, entertainment, etc. Up to now, many MEMS-based electrostatic and piezoelectric energy harvesters have been reported for autonomous sensor systems. Recently, nanogenerators based on different principles, such as piezoelectric, light, triboelectric, and thermoelectric, have been presented. As an alternative solution, wearable energy harvesters, which harness energy directly from the wearer’s body based on biofuel cells, have been recently reported. Thus, keeping up with current trends in the field of energy harvesting, this Special Issue is seeking research papers and review articles that focus on energy harvesters.

Dr. Seonho Seok
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • energy harvester
  • autonomous
  • IoT
  • MEMS
  • wearable
  • implantable

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions
by Mahidur R. Sarker, Mohamad Hanif Md Saad, Amna Riaz, M. S. Hossain Lipu, José Luis Olazagoitia and Haslina Arshad
Micromachines 2022, 13(6), 975; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13060975 - 20 Jun 2022
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The scientific interest in piezoelectric micro-energy harvesting (PMEH) has been fast-growing, demonstrating that the field has made a major improvement in the long-term evolution of alternative energy sources. Although various research works have been performed and published over the years, only a few [...] Read more.
The scientific interest in piezoelectric micro-energy harvesting (PMEH) has been fast-growing, demonstrating that the field has made a major improvement in the long-term evolution of alternative energy sources. Although various research works have been performed and published over the years, only a few attempts have been made to examine the research’s influence in this field. Therefore, this paper presents a bibliometric study into low-cost PMEH from ambient energy sources within the years 2010–2021, outlining current research trends, analytical assessment, novel insights, impacts, challenges and recommendations. The major goal of this paper is to provide a bibliometric evaluation that is based on the top-cited 100 articles employing the Scopus databases, information and refined keyword searches. This study analyses various key aspects, including PMEH emerging applications, authors’ contributions, collaboration, research classification, keywords analysis, country’s networks and state-of-the-art research areas. Moreover, several issues and concerns regarding PMEH are identified to determine the existing constraints and research gaps, such as technical, modeling, economics, power quality and environment. The paper also provides guidelines and suggestions for the development and enhancement of future PMEH towards improving energy efficiency, topologies, design, operational performance and capabilities. The in-depth information, critical discussion and analysis of this bibliometric study are expected to contribute to the advancement of the sustainable pathway for PMEH research. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wearable, Miniaturized, Implantable Energy Harvesters)
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Micro Energy Storage Systems in Energy Harvesting Applications: Analytical Evaluation towards Future Research Improvement
by Mahidur R. Sarker, Mohamad Hanif Md Saad, Amna Riaz, M. S. Hossain Lipu and José Luis Olazagoitia
Micromachines 2022, 13(4), 512; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13040512 - 25 Mar 2022
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During the last decade, countless advancements have been made in the field of micro-energy storage systems (MESS) and ambient energy harvesting (EH) shows great potential for research and future improvement. A detailed historical overview with analysis, in the research area of MESS as [...] Read more.
During the last decade, countless advancements have been made in the field of micro-energy storage systems (MESS) and ambient energy harvesting (EH) shows great potential for research and future improvement. A detailed historical overview with analysis, in the research area of MESS as a form of ambient EH, is presented in this study. The top-cited articles in the field of MESS ambient EH were selected from the Scopus database, and based on articles published from 2010 to 2021, and the number of citations. The search for these top-cited articles was conducted in the third week of December 2021. Mostly the manuscripts were technical and contained an experimental setup with algorithm development (65%), whereas 27.23% of the articles were survey-based. One important observation was that the top 20 selected articles, which are the most-cited articles in the different journals, come from numerous countries of origin. This study revealed that the MESS integrated renewable energy sources (RESs) are an enhancement field of research for EH applications. On the basis of this survey, we hope to identify and solve research problems in the field of MESS and RESs integration, and provide suggestions for future developments for EH applications. Full article
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