Journal of Qingdao University(Engineering & Technology Edition), Volume. 40, Issue 2, 38(2025)

Experimental Study on Multi-directional Piezoelectric Energy Harvester with Internal Resonance and Time-varying Potential Wells

LIU Qile and SHEN Hui*
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  • College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
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    To address the low energy harvesting efficiency of conventional energy harvesters under low-frequency broadband vibration excitation, an internal resonance piezoelectric energy harvester with time-varying potential wells (TI-PEH) was proposed. TI-PEH consists of a piezoelectric cantilever beam, an inverted auxiliary beam, a magnetic pendulum, limiters, a magnet at the free end of the inverted auxiliary beam, and a mass block. The elastically supported magnet is introduced to create time-varying potential wells, enhancing the coupling effects between internal resonance and nonlinear magnetic interactions. The experimental results show that within the range of 2~5 Hz, compared with the traditional structure, the maximum root mean square (RMS) voltage of the TI-PEH under 0.1 g excitation intensity is increased by 276%. Under random excitation conditions, the coupling effect between the time-varying potential well and the internal resonance can significantly enhance the output performance of the TI-PEH. Furthermore, stiffness reduction of the auxiliary beam enables the TI-PEH's operational bandwidth to shift toward lower frequencies, demonstrating superior energy harvesting performance in ultralow-frequency vibration environments.

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    LIU Qile, SHEN Hui. Experimental Study on Multi-directional Piezoelectric Energy Harvester with Internal Resonance and Time-varying Potential Wells[J]. Journal of Qingdao University(Engineering & Technology Edition), 2025, 40(2): 38

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    Paper Information

    Received: Mar. 7, 2025

    Accepted: Aug. 22, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 22, 2025

    The Author Email: SHEN Hui (shenhui@qdu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.13306/j.1006-9798.2025.02.006

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