Energy Harvesting with Functional Materials and Microsystems

 

2 Low-Power Energy Harvesting Solutions for Biomedical Devices

Jordi Colomer-Farrarons, Pere Ll. Miribel-Català, E. Juanola-Feliu and J. Samitier

 

CONTENTS

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Energy Harvesting

2.2.1 Types of Energy Harvesting Sources and Power Ranges

2.2.2 Fields of Application: From Bridge Monitoring to Medical Implants

2.2.3 Powering Solutions for Human Wearable and Implantable Devices

2.3 Multisource Self-Powered Device Conception

2.4 Summary and Conclusions

References

2.1 Introduction

Interest in the recovery of available energy from the environment is constantly increasing. The greenhouse effect in relation to climate change is a present and future concern. The possibility of converting energy available in the human environment ...