Summary
The design of the power supply of an autonomous system is always challenging. The harvesting of ambient energy instead of using batteries would be a great improvement. Why is this technique so rarely applied? In this contribution a survey of mature technologies and visionary approaches is given.
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Die Energieversorgung autonomer Systeme ist immer eine Herausforderung. Oft würde die Ausbeutung der in der Umgebung vorhandenen Energie einen großen Fortschritt bedeuten. Warum muss man sich aber meist doch noch mit Batterien oder gar mit einem Netzanschluss zufrieden geben? Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über ausgereifte Problemlösungen und visionäre Überlegungen zu diesem Thema.
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Diskus, C. Energy Harvesting – ein Überblick. Elektrotech. Inftech. 127, 33–38 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00502-010-0716-3
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