Enablement of Batteryless Applications with Energy Harvesting

Dear Colleagues,

Energy harvesting converts a small amount of available energy in the environment into usable electrical energy. Whether or not the harvested energy is large enough to operate a system by itself, an efficient energy harvesting circuit allows for extending the lifetime of a battery and reduces the operation and management cost required for replacing a battery. In addition, energy harvesting can be a crucial power source when a system is designed for ultra-low power applications. We are interested in articles that achieve state-of-the-art performances either in increasing harvesting efficiency or in lowering the energy requirements of a system. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Enhancing the conversion efficiency of various energy sources;

- Circuit techniques that enable a conventional battery-powered system to be a batteryless one;

- Low-cost small-size batteryless IoT systems.

Prof. Dr. Yong Sin Kim
Guest Editor

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