Silicon (Si) is a metalloid, element number 14 on the periodic table. Like carbon, silicon has four bonding sites, but silicon is more than twice as heavy as carbon. The high melting point of ...

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Abstract: Harvesting energy from environmental vibrations using piezoelectric mechanism has attracted much attention for powering wireless sensors over the past decades. To enhance the environmental ...