Energy Harvesting Systems for Autonomous Wireless Sensor Networks
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2025) | Viewed by 1015
Special Issue Editors
Interests: embedded systems; sensor systems; energy harvesting; intermittent systems; TinyML
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Interests: embedded systems; IoT; energy harvesting; intermittent systems; TinyML
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) collect useful data in a plethora of applications. Because they are expected to operate autonomously for long periods of time, the energy supplied to the WSN nodes remains a critical limitation. Access to mains power is infeasible in many scenarios, whereas the supply generated solely by batteries restricts the energy available. Instead, energy harvesting has the ability to extend the available energy and lifetime of WSNs without necessitating a fixed infrastructure.
This Special Issue (SI) aims to collect articles that present recent advances within the field for autonomous wireless sensor networks. The scope of this Special Issue includes:
- The development and optimization of energy harvesting transducers.
- Power management circuits for the efficient power conversion of ambient energy sources.
- Energy harvesting systems powered using ambient energy sources and wireless power transfer.
- Algorithms and protocols optimized for energy harvesting and energy-aware operation.
- The application of energy harvesting systems.
Dr. Sebastian Bader
Dr. Domenico Balsamo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy harvesting
- Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)
- power management circuits
- ambient energy sources
- energy-aware protocols
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