Advances in Optimized Energy Harvesting Systems and Technology
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026 | Viewed by 242
Special Issue Editor
Interests: energy; energy harvesting; thermoelectric power generation, cooling and heating; power electronics; renewable and sustainable energy; hydrogen generation; energy storage
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As countries around the world focus on achieving Net Zero, new opportunities emerge to implement energy harvesting technologies, systems, and techniques using a variety of different ambient energy sources operating in a single or hybrid design, and this will act as a stimulus to widen the scope of current applications. Energy harvesting has achieved success in replacing, or supplementing, batteries in low-power electronic systems, and the rapid growth of the Internet of Things, wireless sensor networks, and Industry 4.0 applications is seen as an area of change pertaining to energy harvesting development and implementation. In addition, strategies to achieve Net Zero will create new developments in energy harvesting within sustainable buildings, infrastructure and smart cities, zero-emission transportation, and the hydrogen economy, amongst others.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the theory, design, modelling, and application of all types of energy harvesting systems and technologies. Review articles summarizing the current status or state of the art of a particular topic in the field of energy harvesting are also welcome.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- All forms of energy harvesting from ambient energy sources, including, but not limited to, optical (light), thermal, kinetic or motion and vibration, magnetic, radio frequency (RF), and biomedical;
- All forms of energy harvesting technologies, including, but not limited to, photovoltaic, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, electromagnetic, radio frequency (RF), capacitive, electrostatic, pyroelectric, and triboelectric;
- Both single or hybrid designs;
- Power electronics and energy storage in energy harvesting systems;
- Energy harvesting in Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0;
- Energy harvesting to achieve Net Zero;
- Sensors powered by energy harvesting;
- New materials, material advancements, and advanced manufacturing techniques;
- Device design;
- Analytical, modelling, and simulation techniques;
- Emerging energy harvesting technologies, state of the art, and future developments;
- Novel applications, commercialisation, and industry application.
Dr. Chris Gould
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- energy harvesting
- ambient energy
- low-power generation
- power electronics
- energy storage
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