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A bimetal and electret-based converter for thermal energy harvesting
S. Boisseau, G. Despesse, S. Monfray +2
This paper presents a new device able to turn thermal gradients into electricity by using a bimetal-based heat engine coupled to an electrostatic converter. A two-steps conversion…
Electrostatic Conversion for Vibration Energy Harvesting
S. Boisseau, G. Despesse, B. Ahmed Seddik
This chapter focuses on vibration energy harvesting using electrostatic converters. It synthesizes the various works carried out on electrostatic devices, from concepts, models and…
Adjustable Nonlinear Springs to Improve Efficiency of Vibration Energy Harvesters
S. Boisseau, G. Despesse, B. Ahmed Seddik
Vibration Energy Harvesting is an emerging technology aimed at turning mechanical energy from vibrations into electricity to power microsystems of the future. Most of present vibra…
New DRIE-Patterned Electrets for Vibration Energy Harvesting
S. Boisseau, A. -B. Duret, J. -J. Chaillout +1
This paper is about a new manufacturing process aimed at developing stable SiO2/Si3N4 patterned electrets using a Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE) step for an application in electr…