JOURNAL ARTICLE

Self‐Powered Cardiac Pacemaker Enabled by Flexible Single Crystalline PMN‐PT Piezoelectric Energy Harvester

Abstract

A flexible single-crystalline PMN-PT piezoelectric energy harvester is demonstrated to achieve a self-powered artificial cardiac pacemaker. The energy-harvesting device generates a short-circuit current of 0.223 mA and an open-circuit voltage of 8.2 V, which are enough not only to meet the standard for charging commercial batteries but also for stimulating the heart without an external power source.

Keywords:
Energy harvesting Piezoelectricity Voltage Materials science Electrical engineering Energy (signal processing) Power (physics) Service (business) Computer science Nanotechnology Engineering Business Physics

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Topics

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Biomedical Engineering
Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Mechanical Engineering
Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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