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. 2015 Feb 27;15(3):5020–5031. doi: 10.3390/s150305020

Table 1.

Summary of several piezoelectric wind energy harvesters.

Reference Size Wind Speed (m/s) Maximum Power (µW) Power Density (µW/cm3)
Tan [18] Cantilever: 76.7 mm × 12.7 mm × 2.2 mm 6.7 155 72.3
Bryant [15] Cantilever: 254 mm × 25.4 mm × 0.381 mm with two PZT unimorph of 46 mm × 20.6 mm × 0.254 mm Fin: 29.7 × 136 mm 7.9 2200 748 a
Li [10] Cantilever: 41 mm × 16 mm × 0.205 mm 8 260 1933
Sirohi [25] Cantilever: 161 mm × 38 mm × 0.636 mm (2 pieces) Fin: length 251 mm, triangular section with side length of 40 mm Total: 160 mm × 250 mm 5.2 53,000 6811 a
Yang [26] Cantilever: 150 mm × 30 mm × 0.6 mm with two piezoelectric sheet of 61 mm × 35 mm × 0.5 mm Fin: 150 mm × 40 mm × 40mm 8 8400 1737 a
Liu [27] Cantilever: 3.3 mm × 2 mm × 0.4 mm (MEMS) 15.6 0.0387 14.7
He [1] Cantilever: 10 mm × 8 mm × 0.51 mm (MEMS) 16.3 2.27 55.6
Weinstein [17] Cantilever: 28.6 mm × 6.3 mm × 0.381 mm Fin: not given Blunt body: diameter 25 mm Total: 225 mm × 110 mm 5 3000 43,701 a
Clair [21] Cantilever: aluminum sheet of 58 mm × 16 mm × 0.3 mm with a PZT unimorph of 12 mm × 13 mm × 0.127mm Cavity: diameter of 76.2 mm, volume of 24,000 mm3 12.5 800 2683 a (33.3 b)
Ji [22] Cantilever: 200 mm × 15 mm × 0.8 mm with an attached piezoelectric sheet of 20 mm × 15 mm × 0.2 mm Cavity: inlet of 30 mm × 20 mm, the length is not given, which should be a little longer than 200 mm. 9.8 4500 1829 a (~37.5 b)
This work Cantilever: a PZT bimorph of 38 mm × 6.4 mm × 0.38 mm and a FET sheet of 20 mm × 6.4 mm × 0.25 mm Cavity: 62 mm × 19.6 mm × 10 mm 11.2 1590 12,780 a (130.8 b)

a Calculated according to the volume of the cantilever; b Calculated according to the volume of the cavity.