A Comprehensive Analysis on Sizing of Solar Energy Harvester Elements for Wireless Sensor Motes

Development and Characterization of a Solarbased Energy Harvesting and Power Management System for a WSN Node Applied to Optimized Goods Transport and Storage

“…The I/V and power-voltage curves of a solar cell are shown in figure 10 for different irradiation conditions. According to [18], maximum power point (MPP) tracking has to be used to maximize the power extraction finding, in any time of the day, current and voltage for getting maximum product * value. Due to variability of solar cell output power as function of sunshine intensity and ambient temperature, MPP tracking systems are often associated with energy harvesting devices, in order to constantly track the MPP that a source is capable of delivering depending on boundary and operating conditions.…”

Cantilever Beam Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester

“…Power supply for WSN has become the most prominent issues [4] . These devices are dormant in most working period and belong to intermittent work pattern [5] .In addition, as using MEMS technology, power of the sensors is very low even in working state.…”

“…With the development of wireless sensor networks (WSN), Embedded Systems, Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) and all kinds of implantable MEMS sensor electronic products are becoming miniature, integrated, low power consumption and low cost [1~3] . Power supply for WSN has become the most prominent issues [4] . These devices are dormant in most working period and belong to intermittent work pattern [5] .In addition, as using MEMS technology, power of the sensors is very low even in working state.…”