AC-DC Single Phase Rectifiers for Nanocomposite based Flexible Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

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Authors

  • Meriam Ben Ammar
  • Ghada Bouattour
  • Ayda Bouhamed
  • Salwa Sahnoun
  • Ahmed Fakhfakh
  • Olfa Kanoun

Flexible piezoelectric energy harvesters have drawn attention for their potential use as power sources for wearable electronics. However, the harnessed energy cannot be directly connected to load systems. Power conditioning circuits are extremely needed to achieve conditioned and rectified signals. However, there is still no complete overview available, which exhaustively describes and classify the existing AC-DC rectifiers for flexible piezoelectric energy harvesting (F-PEH). In this paper, different rectifiers were investigated, compared, and evaluated. The strengths and limitations of the interfaces were addressed based on the results obtained. These show that for nanocomposite based F-PEH, the parallel Synchronized Switch Harvesting on Inductor (P-SSHI) resonant rectification technique delivers better performance than the full bridge, voltage doubler and CMOS rectifiers by increasing the electromechanical conversion as well as the power extraction efficiency by 200 % than the standard single-phase full bridge rectifier which has a more stable output than the half wave voltage doubler.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication18th IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2021
Number of pages7
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Publication date22.03.2021
Pages228-234
Article number9429291
ISBN (print)978-1-6654-3057-9
ISBN (electronic)978-1-6654-1493-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22.03.2021
Externally publishedYes
Event18th IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2021 - Online, Monastir, Tunisia
Duration: 22.03.202125.03.2021
Conference number: 18

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Authors would like to express their gratitude to the" Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst" (DAAD) for support within the program "STIBET III Matching Funds".

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.

    Research areas

  • AC-DC rectifiers, energy management, flexible piezoelectric energy harvester, nanocomposite based nanogenerator, piezoelectric transducer, Vibration energy harvesting
  • Engineering