Fillers in advanced nanocomposites for energy harvesting

AlMaadeed Qatar University, Doha, Qatar 

This chapter focuses on the utilization of nanocomposites for energy harvesting. The main approaches to acquire the energy from various sources are the core aim of this section. Energy can be harvested by mechanical stimulation in the process of mechanical harvesting (Amirtharajah and Chandrakasan, 1998) or by thermal stimulation in thermoelectrics (Kim et al., 2014). The mechanisms as well as advantages and 

Fillers and Rdnforccments for Adduced NanocamposHes. http //dx.doi.org/10.1016/B97S 04M 100 n -3.00016-8 

To properly investigate this phenomenon, different materials with various configurations have been developed. The first configuration presented here is the bimorph cantilever system shown in Rgure 16.1, and the second configuration is a piezoelectric plate mounted on the surface of a large structure to provide strain fluctuations, as 

Flgnre 16.1 Bimorph piezoelectric cantilever under base excitation (Elvin and Erturk, 2013) (Reproduced with permission). 

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