Abstract
Utilization of natural resources for energy harvesting requires a thorough relook for the creation of a greener and sustainable world. The traditional pathway of energy harvesting prefers a centralized production of the same before distribution through a technologically proficient network. However, the utilization of such energies for usage in modern portable systems faces economic viability issues. The present era of cellphones, laptops, ipads, or google glasses demand the development of miniaturized power harvesters with capabilities of drawing high-density power from their vicinity. Augmenting the inventions of Li–ion or Li–polymer batteries, several novel micropower generators with the promise of harvesting high-density energy have been conceived and developed. Cutting-edge research concerning micro- to nanoscale technologies involving triboelectric nanogenerators, thermoelectric systems, piezoelectric devices, and electromagnetic harvesters have witnessed significant upsurge over the past few decades. This chapter aims to highlight the working principles, salient features, and further scope of these micro- to nanoscale technologies, which at the prototype level have shown capabilities of serving a multitude of applications on a diverse spectra of power-consumption levels.
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