Power harvesting

Kymissis, J., Kendall, C., Paradiso, J., and Greshenfeld, N., Parasitic power harvesting in shoes. Presented at 2nd IEEE International Conference on Wearable Computing, Paper no. 2, Aug. 1998. 

Anton, S.R., Sodano, HA., 2007. A review of power harvesting using piezoelectric materials (2003-2006). Smart Mater. Struct. 16, R1-R21. 

Work will be conducting in the creation of more repeatable PFC devices Mdiere parameters such as the numbers of piezoelectric fibres, different fibre diametm, and different fibre pitdi will be investigated. Power harvesting and actuating mperiments are to be conducted concluding in optimum material selection. 

J Kymissis, C Kendall, J A Paradiso, N Gershenfeld, Parasitic power harvesting in shoes . Proceedings of the 2nd I E Int Synp on Wearable Conqmters, Pittsburg PA, IEEE ConqMiter Society, 1998. 

On the other hand, the body temperature is another exploitable energy source. Feinaeugle et al. (2013) used a fiber-based thermoelectric power generator fabricated by evaporating thin Ni-Ag films on flexible textile substrates and they danonstrated a maximum power harvesting of 2 nW. Semiconductor nanowires exhibit promise for thermoelectric properties, but new, advanced fabrication techniques need to be developed. 

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