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A nonlinear hybrid energy harvester with high ultralow-frequency energy harvesting performance

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The exploration of renewable energy technology is increasingly important owing to depletion of fossil fuels and the environmental pollution caused by the use of fossil fuels. Converting mechanical energy to electrical energy is one approach to developing renewable energy. However, the harvesting of ultralow-frequency mechanical energy is a challenge that limits the development of energy harvesting technology. To address this difficult problem, this paper proposes a nonlinear hybrid energy harvester in which an electromagnetic generator (EMG) and a triboelectric generator (TEG) are coupled to harvest the mechanical energy from ambient vibrations at ultralow frequencies. The energy harvester is combined with a quasi-zero-stiffness (QZS) mechanism composed of four QZS springs and a linear spring to produce a large-amplitude response and improve the energy harvesting performance. The effect of the mechanical condition (linear, quasi-zero-stiffness and bistable) on the efficiency of energy harvesting is analysed analytically and verified by theoretical and numerical analyses. The dynamics responses of the nonlinear energy harvester influenced by systematic parameters are also dissected. This work provides a guideline for improving the ultralow frequency ambient vibration energy harvesting performance of a TEG through nonlinearity.

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This research work was supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M672476), National Natural Science Foundation of China (12002122, 11972152) and National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFB1102801). The first author, Kai Wang, would like to thank the support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) which sponsors his visit to the University of Liverpool where the original idea was conceived.

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    Huajiang Ouyang & Huai Zhao

  3. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People’s Republic of China

    Daolin Xu

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Wang, K., Ouyang, H., Zhou, J. et al. A nonlinear hybrid energy harvester with high ultralow-frequency energy harvesting performance. Meccanica 56, 461–480 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-020-01291-2

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