Research Article
Segmented Cantilever and Array Configurations for Wider Frequency Band and Higher Power Generation in Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester
Table 2
Parameters of the C-VEH Investigated in this letter.
| | Primary cantilever beam | Secondary cantilever beam |
| | Piezoelectric layer (PZT) | Dimension () (mm) | (PZT1, PZT2) | (PZT3, PZT4) | | Material | Ceramic PZT-5H (Lead zirconate titanate) | | Density (103 kg/m3) | 7.5 | | Young’s modulus (GPa) | 66 | | Mechanical beam | Dimension () (mm) | | | | Material | Aluminum | | Density (103 kg/m3) | 2.7 | | Young’s modulus (GPa) | 60 | | Proof mass | Material | Fe (iron) | | Weight (g) | 5.06 (M1) | 2.89 (M2) |
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