Effect of elastic modulus of cantilever beam on the performance of unimorph type piezoelectric energy harvester

Piezoelectric energy harvesting is a technique that can utilize ambient vibration energy to generate useful electrical energy, which is promising for powering small-scale autonomous devices such as sensors for wearable, biomedical, and industrial applications. Typically, cantilever-type piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) are operated under resonance condition to achieve the maximum output power at low frequency stimuli. Along with resonance matching, it is also necessary to optimize the PEH configuration with high electromechanical properties for the efficient energy conversion. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the elastic modulus of the passive layer in the cantilever structured PEH on the electromechanical properties and thus harvesting performance. In this regard, two unimorph type PEHs having the identical geometry, piezoelectric properties, and proof mass but with different elastic modulus (55 GPa and 97 GPa) of Ti alloy-based passive layers were fabricated and their output performance was compared under the same acceleration amplitude excitation stimuli. The PEH with the smaller elastic modulus passive layer exhibited almost 53% improvement in the maximum power than that with the higher elastic modulus passive layer, which is attributed to a smaller mechanical damping ratio, higher quality factor, and larger vibration amplitude.Piezoelectric energy harvesting is a technique that can utilize ambient vibration energy to generate useful electrical energy, which is promising for powering small-scale autonomous devices such as sensors for wearable, biomedical, and industrial applications. Typically, cantilever-type piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) are operated under resonance condition to achieve the maximum output power at low frequency stimuli. Along with resonance matching, it is also necessary to optimize the PEH configuration with high electromechanical properties for the efficient energy conversion. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the elastic modulus of the passive layer in the cantilever structured PEH on the electromechanical properties and thus harvesting performance. In this regard, two unimorph type PEHs having the identical geometry, piezoelectric properties, and proof mass but with different elastic modulus (55 GPa and 97 GPa) of Ti alloy-based passive layers were fabricated and their outp...

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