Energy Harvesting: Technologies, Systems, and Challenges
Jan 2021 · Cambridge University Press
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209
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A thorough treatment of energy harvesting technologies, highlighting radio frequency (RF) and hybrid-multiple technology harvesting. The authors explain the principles of solar, thermal, kinetic, and electromagnetic energy harvesting, address design challenges, and describe applications. The volume features an introduction to switched mode power converters and energy storage and summarizes the challenges of different system implementations, from wireless transceivers to backscatter communication systems and ambient backscattering. This practical resource is essential for researchers and graduate students in the field of communications and sensor technology, in addition to practitioners working in these fields.
A thorough treatment of energy harvesting technologies, highlighting radio frequency (RF) and hybrid-multiple technology harvesting. The authors explain the principles of solar, thermal, kinetic, and electromagnetic energy harvesting, address design challenges, and describe applications. The volu...
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Apostolos Georgiadis is Honorary Associate Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. He is a former editor-in-chief of Wireless Power Transfer (Cambridge). He is an EU Marie Curie Fellow, an URSI Fellow, chair of URSI Commission D Electronics and Photonics, and a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Council on RFID.
Ana Collado was Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. She is an EU Marie Curie Fellow.
Manos Tentzeris is a Professor with the School of ECE, Georgia Tech. He is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy, and a member of Commission D, URSI, and of the Technical Chamber of Greece.
Apostolos Georgiadis is Honorary Associate Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. He is a former editor-in-chief of Wireless Power Transfer (Cambridge). He is an EU Marie Curie Fellow, an URSI Fellow, chair of URSI Commission D Electronics and Photonics, and a distinguished lecturer ...
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