Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, P.R. China
Abstract
Different from piezoelectricity which is restricted to certain materials, flexoelectricity is a universal electromechanical coupling in all dielectrics. In this work, mechanical energy harvester models were developed based on Timoshenko laminated beam theory, in which the flexoelectric and piezoelectric mechanisms were discussed. For a three-layered energy harvester in parallel configuration, the mechanical vibration energy can be converted into electrical energy due to flexoelectricity, and for the three-layered energy harvester in series configuration, the energy conversion is enhanced by the flexoelectricity. Resonance frequency shifts were observed in the calculations due to flexoelectricity and external circuit resistance. It is found that the electromechanical coupling displayed from the electrical responses versus resonance frequency and resistance. The energy conversion for the three-layered energy harvester system was found to be increased with the decrease in the laminated beam thickness. The energy conversion calculated for different numbers of layers also indicates that laminated energy harvester systems excel single-layered energy harvesters. This work therefore might help in designing flexoelectricity-based energy harvesters.
Funder
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,General Materials Science
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