Energy Harvesters and Self-Powered Sensors for Smart Electronics, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 4371
Special Issue Editors
Interests: artificial intelligence; AI-integrated systems; flexible electronics; energy harvesting; human–machine interfaces; MEMS
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Interests: AI-enabled sensors; MEMS; self-powered sensors; smart electronics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, we have witnessed the revolutionary innovation and flourishing development of the Internet of Things (IoT), which will further proliferate with the gradual rollout of the fifth-generation (5G) wireless network across the globe. Enabled by the ultrahigh-speed data communication capability of 5G, various IoT systems can be envisioned by linking numerous interrelated electronic devices together in an integrated and interconnected network, such as the smart factory, unmanned shop, smart home, or wearable body network. Within these complicated and widely distributed systems, energy supply in the IoT era is gradually migrating from a centralized and ordered supply mode towards a mobile and in situ supply. Compared to current battery technology, energy-harvesting technologies that scavenge available energies from the ambient surroundings exhibit great advantages as an energy supply, e.g., extended and unlimited lifetime, high portability, flexible/stretchable compatibility, and the ability to develop sustainability. Recently, different energy-harvesting technologies have undergone significant innovation, providing key functionalities in diversified systems such as energy harvesters and self-powered sensors. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers and review articles that are focused on advanced developments in the design, fabrication, integration, and application of energy-harvesting technologies, with a particular focus on energy harvesters, nanogenerators, self-powered sensors and systems.
Prof. Dr. Qiongfeng Shi
Prof. Dr. Huicong Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy harvesters
- nanogenerators
- self-powered sensors
- smart electronics
- internet of things
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