Recent advances in energy harvesting technology and techniques

Energy harvesting is a fertile and rapidly expanding area of research due to the promises of providing a means for replacing conventional methods of powering electronic sensor and communication systems. This paper presents a review of the state-of-the-art of different energy harvesting (scavenging) technologies and describes their performance. With similar emphasis, this paper also presents a review of circuit configurations and techniques for low power interfaces between microgenerators and loads that aim to extract maximum power while dissipating minimum power. A brief review of each recent relevant paper is given to introduce the current state of the field of energy harvesting.