Design and development of a broadband magnet-induced dual-cantilever piezoelectric energy harvester

Abstract

In this article, a broadband magnet-induced dual-cantilever piezoelectric energy harvester is designed and developed. The dual-cantilever structure consists of an outer and an inner beams with magnets attached to the tips. The magnets generate nonlinear repulsive force between the two beams and make the structure bistable. In the theoretical model, each beam is considered as a single-degree-of-freedom system with magnetic force applied at the free end. From the simulation results, chaotic motion is observed in a wide frequency range. A prototype of the harvester is built and verified with the simulation results. The simulation and experimental results show good agreement with respect to the power bandwidth and amplitude. The distance between magnets is adjusted to observe its effect on the power response of the harvester. The inner and outer beams are simulated and tested independently first to observe the performance of each beam. Finally, an interface circuit is designed to combine all piezoelectric plates to acquire the overall performance. By comparing with the traditional piezoelectric energy harvester, the new design is shown to provide a significant improvement in bandwidth.

Keywords

Piezoelectric piezoceramics energy harvesting

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