Analysis of Renewable Energy Harvesting Sources with Interaction of Piezoelectric Materials

The results of enormous climate change and other industrial carbon emissions have been driven by the rise of nonrenewable traditional energy sources. The scientific community is looking at unconventional renewable techniques that can harvest energy in the external atmosphere. This research article provides a critical analysis of the growth in the field of piezoelectric energy harvesting. Recent advances in bio-inspired piezo-smart equipment are critically analyzed. A comprehensive overview of harvesting power from mechanical vibrations and its renewable sources, such as human body movements, flowing fluid, and circuitry arrangements of structures with piezoelectric materials have been discussed. Capturing and converting mechanical energy into useful electric power is the easiest and most prevalent way to harness the massive amounts of ambient energy around us. With the help of piezoelectric materials, vibrations induced by mechanical sources can convert into electrical energy. Various industries, including transportation, construction, aeronautical, smart systems, micro-fluids, biomedical devices, and implantable electronics, employ piezoelectric energy generating at the micro level. Piezoelectric energy generating technique’s applications along with their achievements, and future possibilities are critically analyzed. This overview concisely presents the extensive range of piezoelectric materials for wireless electronic devices that use eco-friendly, renewable, and sustainable energy harvesting sources.