SiNERGY, a project on energy harvesting and microstorage empowered by Silicon technologies

Internet of Things and Trillion Sensors are buzzwords illustrating the path towards the next grand paradigm: Smart Everywhere. In many of those realizations long term autonomy of sensor systems is a must to tackle different societal challenges and innovation scenarios. Microenergy autonomy solutions based on energy harvesting offer a promising way in which silicon technology and silicon friendly materials may play a decisive role.

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