Achromatic elastic metalens for high-performance confocal piezoelectric energy harvesting

In this study, we analytically, numerically, and experimentally investigated a high-performance confocal piezoelectric energy harvesting system. We achieved a significantly enhanced electrical performance through a Mikaelian lens, which achromatically focuses ambient elastic waves, resulting in the...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2023-08, Vol.123 (8)
Main Authors: Lee, Geon, Park, Jeonghoon, Choi, Wonjae, Ji, Bonggyu, Kim, Miso, Rho, Junsuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amplification
Applied physics
Broadband
Conformal mapping
Elastic waves
Energy
Energy harvesting
Frequency ranges
Inclusions
Lenses
Piezoelectricity
Plate theory
Remote monitoring
Strain energy
Structural health monitoring
Thin plates
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Summary:In this study, we analytically, numerically, and experimentally investigated a high-performance confocal piezoelectric energy harvesting system. We achieved a significantly enhanced electrical performance through a Mikaelian lens, which achromatically focuses ambient elastic waves, resulting in the formation of a highly amplified strain energy field in the piezoelectric energy harvester. Previous studies on piezoelectric energy harvesting platforms have limitations, such as the focal position changing with operating frequencies and impedance mismatching owing to inclusions or holes. To address these problems, we utilized the self-focusing ability based on the conformal mapping theory and achromatic ability based on the Kirchhoff–Love thin plate theory to design our Mikaelian lens-based piezoelectric energy harvesting platform. The proposed platform demonstrates a remarkable elastic wave focusing ability at an identical focal position for a broad frequency range. The experimentally visualized wave fields matched well with the numerically calculated full-wave harmonic simulation results. We achieved highly amplified output power up to 1.44 mW within a broad range from 40 to 60 kHz out of the same focal point owing to confined elastic wave energy; the output power extracted at this confocal position was up to 3.76 times higher than that extracted at the lens start position. Our highly performance and broadband achromatic piezoelectric energy harvesting platform lays an attractive foundation for designing potential applications, such as wireless sensing, structural health monitoring, and biomedical devices.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/5.0153290