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-====== Energy Harvesting ======+====== Energy Harvesting Overview ======
  
 By forgoing batteries, intermittent devices are required to get their energy from external energy harvesters.  Some of the most common options are listed below, as well as additional considerations that affect design decisions and performance. By forgoing batteries, intermittent devices are required to get their energy from external energy harvesters.  Some of the most common options are listed below, as well as additional considerations that affect design decisions and performance.
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 **Examples** **Examples**
  
-[[https://mobilex.cs.columbia.edu/phaser/|Phaser]]+  * [[https://mobilex.cs.columbia.edu/phaser/|Phaser]]
 ==== Thermoelectric ==== ==== Thermoelectric ====
  
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-[[https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3384419.3430722|REPUBLIC]]+  * [[https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3384419.3430722|REPUBLIC]]
 ==== Kinetic ==== ==== Kinetic ====
  
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 **Examples** **Examples**
  
-[[https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3384419.3430722|REPUBLIC]]+  * [[https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3384419.3430722|REPUBLIC]]
 ==== Microbial Fuel Cells ==== ==== Microbial Fuel Cells ====
  
-Microbial fuel cells are designed around the behaviors of exoelectrogenic bacteria, which release electrons as part of their own biological processes.  MFCs are designed to harvest the electrons released by these bacteria, converting it to power in the process.  The exact medium can vary depending on deployment, but soil-based batteries are the most “common” type of design.+Microbial fuel cells are designed around the behaviors of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoelectrogen|exoelectrogenic bacteria]], which release electrons as part of their own biological processes.  MFCs are designed to harvest the electrons released by these bacteria, converting it to power in the process.  The exact medium can vary depending on deployment, but soil-based batteries are the most “common” type of design.
  
 While promising as a renewable, environmentally-friendly power source, there are several issues that have stymied deployment outside of a research environment.  Maintaining sufficient microbial activity is a major issue: without some way to replenish nutrients or bacteria, an MFC ultimately acts more as a battery than as an energy harvester.  Power output is also low (usually in the microwatts range) relative to harvester size, and soil MFCs are heavily affected by soil moisture, with power output dropping when soil is dry. While promising as a renewable, environmentally-friendly power source, there are several issues that have stymied deployment outside of a research environment.  Maintaining sufficient microbial activity is a major issue: without some way to replenish nutrients or bacteria, an MFC ultimately acts more as a battery than as an energy harvester.  Power output is also low (usually in the microwatts range) relative to harvester size, and soil MFCs are heavily affected by soil moisture, with power output dropping when soil is dry.
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 **Examples** **Examples**
  
-[[https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3631410|Soil-Powered Computing]]+  * [[https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3631410|Soil-Powered Computing]]
  
 ===== Making Harvested Energy Useful ===== ===== Making Harvested Energy Useful =====
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-[[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032115012629|Energy harvesting in wireless sensor networks: A comprehensive review]] +  * [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032115012629|Energy harvesting in wireless sensor networks: A comprehensive review]] 
- +  * [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544219302993|Efficiency in RF energy harvesting systems: A comprehensive review]] 
-[[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544219302993|Efficiency in RF energy harvesting systems: A comprehensive review]] +  * [[https://thermoelectrics.matsci.northwestern.edu/publications/pdf/TEEnergyHarvestingBookChapter.pdf|Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting]] 
- +  * [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211285524009479|Piezoelectric energy harvesting and ultra-low-power management circuits for medical devices]] 
-[[https://thermoelectrics.matsci.northwestern.edu/publications/pdf/TEEnergyHarvestingBookChapter.pdf|Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting]] +  * [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352431617300482|On the efficiency of piezoelectric energy harvesters]] 
- +  * [[https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3631410|Soil-Powered Computing: The Engineer's Guide to Practical Soil Microbial Fuel Cell Design]] 
-[[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211285524009479|Piezoelectric energy harvesting and ultra-low-power management circuits for medical devices]] +  * [[https://patpannuto.com/pubs/marcano2021einkbiobattery.pdf|Soil Power? Can Microbial Fuel Cells Power Non-Trivial Sensors?]]
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-[[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352431617300482|On the efficiency of piezoelectric energy harvesters]] +
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-[[https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3631410|Soil-Powered Computing: The Engineer's Guide to Practical Soil Microbial Fuel Cell Design]] +
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-[[https://patpannuto.com/pubs/marcano2021einkbiobattery.pdf|Soil Power? Can Microbial Fuel Cells Power Non-Trivial Sensors?]] +
  
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