Prospects and Applications of Piezoelectric Sensors and Energy Harvesting

Dear Colleagues,

Piezoelectric micro- and nanogenerators (PENG) and self-powered sensors are increasingly attracting the attention of researchers from across the world. One reason for the rising interest is their broad application prospects in areas that include energy harvesting as a promising solution to significantly improve the energy efficiency of the applications. Moreover, they enable self-powered sensing to eliminate the use of batteries in some applications as medical devices, healthcare, digital security, big data, and the internet of things (IoT). Another reason is the multidisciplinary nature of the research studies, which involve materials physics and chemistry, electronics, computer science, medical devices, etc. The target of this special issue is to investigate the recent trends of energy scavenging and sensing enabled by piezoelectric technologies to present the latest research, with particular focus on prospects and applications. Original papers and focused reviews are encouraged for this Special Issue's submissions.

Dr. Vincenzo Mariano Mastronardi
Dr. Iman Mehdipour
Guest Editors

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• energy harvesting
• piezoelectric micro- and nanogenerators
• self-powered sensors
• medical devices
• Internet of Things (IoT)