ARSLAN MAJID

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Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

• ARSLAN MAJID
• ECE DEPARTMENT
• UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

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Overview

• Energy harvesting
• Piezoelectricity
• Future outlook

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Energy Harvesting

• What is it?
• Macro scale- wind and solar
• Micro scale- electromagnetic and piezoelectricity

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Piezoelectricity

• Deform to get voltage

• Apply voltage to deform

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Piezoelectricity

• What is it?
• Occurs in polycrystalline materials
• (For example Quartz, lead-zirconate-titanate,
  Rochelle salt, etc.)

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Piezoelectricity- Output

• Output always different
• High voltage, low current
• Sample output

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Future Outlook
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Contact Information

• Arslan Majid
• ECE Department, University of Utah
• u0537027_at_utah.edu
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