The Review of Materials for Energy Harvesting

This paper presents a short review of the piezoelectric materials in energy harvesting. Energy harvesting principle, as the method for obtaining energy from environment has been described. Materials and material combinations for creating an energy harvesting composites are discussed, such as ceramic- and polymer-based composites and their mechanical properties. The list of the mostly used piezoelectric materials is presented and elaborated. Possible applications of the energy harvesting materials are discussed, including nanogenerators, biosensors and biomedical applications.