Research Article

Experiments and Electromechanical Properties of a Broadband Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester

Table 1

Material and geometric parameters of the CPEH.

ItemValue

Piezoelectric plate density (kg/m3)7450
Substrate plate density (kg/m3)8920
Piezoelectric plate stiffness (GPa)28.45
Substrate plate stiffness (GPa)113
Strain constant (C/m)
Stress constant (C/m)
Vacuum permittivity (F/m)
Absolute permittivity (F/m)1200
Beam length (mm)50.8
Beam width (mm)30.8
Piezoelectric plate thickness (mm)0.26
Substrate plate thickness (mm)0.15
Damping ratio of elastic magnifier 0.002
Damping ratio of piezoelectric beam 0.02
Tip mass (kg)0.011
Load resistance (Ω)1000