Piezoelectric MEMS Vibration Energy Harvesters: Renewable Energy Source in the Portable Era (I2I Phase - Market Assessment)

压电 MEMS 振动能量采集器：便携式时代的可再生能源（I2I 阶段 - 市场评估）

• 批准号: 570988-2022
• 负责人: Zhang, Lihong
• 金额: $ 1.09万
• 依托单位: Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Idea to Innovation
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=728660
• 关键词: Piezoelectric; MEMS; Vibration; Energy; Harvesters

Energy harvesting from the environment is a promising solution to sustainable power supplies for low-power consumer electronic applications. Among available resources in the surroundings such as solar, thermal, etc., energy harvesting from vibrations by using micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) energy harvesters has been gaining increasingly more attention due to high power density, ease of energy trapping, and ubiquity in the ambient environment. We have been working on MEMS-based piezoelectric energy harvesting from ambient vibrations since 2015. Thus far, we have designed and built many highly-efficient piezoelectric MEMS energy harvesters for collecting and converting mechanical energy to electricity for powering up low-voltage low-power electronic devices (e.g., battery-free Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors). To support this objective, we have developed innovative systematic methodologies for optimizing piezoelectric MEMS energy harvesters. To help commercialize our developed technology, in this project we propose to leverage the services from Adventus Research + Consulting Inc. for the purposes of conducting market research and technology validation. We will seek for the following information: an independent assessment of the technology versus what is currently available in the market, to identify and characterize potential target markets, to identify specific market players for potential partnership / licensing, and to build on existing market assessment conducted to date. With such independent market assessment from a third-party organization, we can more objectively understand the pros and cons of our developed technology towards market status and commercialization opportunities. Based on the market assessment in this project, our continued commercialization strategy includes further market practice and technology enhancement. This project will be beneficial to Newfoundland and Labrador, and in turn to Canada by introducing our developed MEMS vibration energy harvesting technology to the market for both technology advancement and associated commercial advantages.

从环境中收集能源是用于低功率消费电子应用可持续电源的有前途的解决方案。在周围的可用资源（例如太阳能，热力等）中，通过使用微机械机械系统（MEMS）能量收割机从振动中收集能量，由于高功率密度，易于能量捕获和在环境环境中的无处不在，因此越来越多地引起人们的关注。自2015年以来，我们一直从事环境振动的基于MEMS的压电能量收获。到目前为止，我们设计并建造了许多高效的Piezoelectric Mems能量收获器，用于收集和转换机械能量到电力，以供电，以供电，以供电，以供电，以供电，以增强低电量的低电力电源设备（例如，低电池的低电池电池（例如，电池免费Internet Thins-fimets-Fimets-Fimets-Fimets-Fimets-Fimets-finets-finets-finets-Thins）。为了支持这一目标，我们开发了创新的系统方法，用于优化压电MEMS能量收割机。为了帮助我们开发的技术商业化，在该项目中，我们建议利用Adventus Research + Consulting Inc.的服务，以进行市场研究和技术验证。我们将寻求以下信息：对技术与当前可用的信息进行独立评估，以识别和表征潜在的目标市场，以确定特定的市场参与者潜在的合作伙伴 /许可 /许可以及迄今为止进行的现有市场评估。借助第三方组织的独立市场评估，我们可以客观地了解我们开发技术在市场地位和商业化机会方面的利弊。根据该项目的市场评估，我们持续的商业化策略包括进一步的市场实践和技术增强。该项目将有利于纽芬兰和拉布拉多，并通过向市场引入我们开发的MEMS振动能源收集技术，以获得技术的进步和相关的商业优势。