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Inlay-inspired meta-piezoelectric plates for the low-frequency vibration energy harvesting

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Different novel auxetic geometries are proposed applicable for the low-frequency vibration energy harvesting. The geometrical idea originally comes from the patterns employed in the inlaid work. The concept is applied to conventional beam-type energy harvesting resonators. Power extraction enhancement and reducing the resonance frequency are two objectives to be gained. Finite Element models are constructed, validated, and used in different parametric studies. Power amplification factors between 5.11 and 7.6 are achieved. Resonance frequencies also drop about 50 percent at the same time. A parametric study is carried out and the effects of different parameters including the excitation frequency, tuning electric resistance, and type of the piezoelectric material on the power extraction performance are investigated. The new auxetic layouts are proved to be promising in decreasing the resonator weights, improving the efficiency, and reducing the resonance frequencies.

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    Zohre Kabirian, Fariba Ebrahimian & Davood Younesian

  2. Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Conceptualization, DY, PE; methodology, DY, PE; software, ZK and FE; formal analysis, Z.K. and FE; resources, ZK and FE; data curation, ZK and FE; writing—original draft, DY, PE; writing—review and editing, DY, PE; visualization, ZK.

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Kabirian, Z., Ebrahimian, F., Younesian, D. et al. Inlay-inspired meta-piezoelectric plates for the low-frequency vibration energy harvesting. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 2909–2920 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07489-8

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