Development and Piezoelectric Properties of a Stack Units-Based Piezoelectric Device for Roadway Application

To improve the energy harvesting efficiency of the piezoelectric device, a stack units-based structure was developed and verified. Factors such as stress distribution, load resistance, loads, and loading times influencing the piezoelectric properties were investigated using theoretical analysis and...

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Autores principales: Chenchen Li, Fan Yang, Pengfei Liu, Chaoliang Fu, Quan Liu, Hongduo Zhao, Peng Lin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d2fc75cd71504fdfa553967d29e133ea2021-11-25T18:58:37ZDevelopment and Piezoelectric Properties of a Stack Units-Based Piezoelectric Device for Roadway Application10.3390/s212277081424-8220https://doaj.org/article/d2fc75cd71504fdfa553967d29e133ea2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/22/7708https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220To improve the energy harvesting efficiency of the piezoelectric device, a stack units-based structure was developed and verified. Factors such as stress distribution, load resistance, loads, and loading times influencing the piezoelectric properties were investigated using theoretical analysis and experimental tests. The results show that the unit number has a negative relationship with the generated energy and the stress distribution has no influence on the power generation of the piezoelectric unit array. However, with a small stress difference, units in a parallel connection can obtain high energy conversion efficiency. Additionally, loaded with the matched impedance of 275.0 kΩ at 10.0 kN and 10.0 Hz, the proposed device reached a maximum output power of 84.3 mW, which is enough to supply the low-power sensors. Moreover, the indoor load test illustrates that the electrical performance of the piezoelectric device was positively correlated with the simulated loads when loaded with matched resistance. Furthermore, the electrical property remained stable after the fatigue test of 100,000 cyclic loads. Subsequently, the field study confirmed that the developed piezoelectric device had novel piezoelectric properties with an open-circuit voltage of 190 V under an actual tire load, and the traffic parameters can be extracted from the voltage waveform.Chenchen LiFan YangPengfei LiuChaoliang FuQuan LiuHongduo ZhaoPeng LinMDPI AGarticlepavement engineeringenergy harvestingpiezoelectric devicestacked piezoelectric unitpiezoelectric propertiesroadway applicationChemical technologyTP1-1185ENSensors, Vol 21, Iss 7708, p 7708 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic pavement engineering
energy harvesting
piezoelectric device
stacked piezoelectric unit
piezoelectric properties
roadway application
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
spellingShingle pavement engineering
energy harvesting
piezoelectric device
stacked piezoelectric unit
piezoelectric properties
roadway application
Chemical technology
TP1-1185
Chenchen Li
Fan Yang
Pengfei Liu
Chaoliang Fu
Quan Liu
Hongduo Zhao
Peng Lin
Development and Piezoelectric Properties of a Stack Units-Based Piezoelectric Device for Roadway Application
description To improve the energy harvesting efficiency of the piezoelectric device, a stack units-based structure was developed and verified. Factors such as stress distribution, load resistance, loads, and loading times influencing the piezoelectric properties were investigated using theoretical analysis and experimental tests. The results show that the unit number has a negative relationship with the generated energy and the stress distribution has no influence on the power generation of the piezoelectric unit array. However, with a small stress difference, units in a parallel connection can obtain high energy conversion efficiency. Additionally, loaded with the matched impedance of 275.0 kΩ at 10.0 kN and 10.0 Hz, the proposed device reached a maximum output power of 84.3 mW, which is enough to supply the low-power sensors. Moreover, the indoor load test illustrates that the electrical performance of the piezoelectric device was positively correlated with the simulated loads when loaded with matched resistance. Furthermore, the electrical property remained stable after the fatigue test of 100,000 cyclic loads. Subsequently, the field study confirmed that the developed piezoelectric device had novel piezoelectric properties with an open-circuit voltage of 190 V under an actual tire load, and the traffic parameters can be extracted from the voltage waveform.
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author Chenchen Li
Fan Yang
Pengfei Liu
Chaoliang Fu
Quan Liu
Hongduo Zhao
Peng Lin
author_facet Chenchen Li
Fan Yang
Pengfei Liu
Chaoliang Fu
Quan Liu
Hongduo Zhao
Peng Lin
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title Development and Piezoelectric Properties of a Stack Units-Based Piezoelectric Device for Roadway Application
title_short Development and Piezoelectric Properties of a Stack Units-Based Piezoelectric Device for Roadway Application
title_full Development and Piezoelectric Properties of a Stack Units-Based Piezoelectric Device for Roadway Application
title_fullStr Development and Piezoelectric Properties of a Stack Units-Based Piezoelectric Device for Roadway Application
title_full_unstemmed Development and Piezoelectric Properties of a Stack Units-Based Piezoelectric Device for Roadway Application
title_sort development and piezoelectric properties of a stack units-based piezoelectric device for roadway application
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
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