Meet the editor

Reccab Manyala is Professor of Physics at the University of Zambia where he lectures in physics and carries out research and consultancy in new renewable energy and renewable energy technologies. He obtained his PhD in Renewable Energy and Renewable Energy Technologies from Maseno University (Kenya) in 2009. Prof. Manyala holds a Bachelor's degree in Education Science (Physics and Mathematics) and a Master's degree in The-

oretical Physics (Plasma Physics and Mathematical Physics) from the University of Nairobi (Kenya), as well as a Master's degree in Experimental Physics (Condensed Matter Physics) from the University of Arkansas (USA). He has published extensively and has research and teaching experience in many areas of physics spanning over 30 years in Kenya and abroad. Prof. Manyala has edited two books for IntechOpen and this is his third.

Contents

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 33** Energy Harvester Based on Magnetomechanical Effect as a Power Source for

**Chapter 4 63**

**Chapter 5 95** RF Energy Harvesting System and Circuits for Charging of Wireless Devices

**Chapter 6 111**

Thousand kW High-Temperature Solar Furnace in Parkent (Uzbekistan) –

*by Sajid Sajid, Jun Ji, Haoran Jiang, Xin Liu, Mingjun Duan, Dong Wei, Peng Cui, Hao Huang, Shangyi Dou, Lihua Chu, Yingfeng Li, Bing Jiang and Meicheng Li*

Quest for Lead-Free Perovskite-Based Solar Cells

*by Jerzy Kaleta, Rafał Mech and Przemysław Wiewiórski*

Small-Scale Energy Harvesting from Environment by Triboelectric

Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting

Multi-node Wireless Network

*by Jie Wang, Linglin Zhou, Chunlei Zhang* 

*by Naser Ahmadi Moghaddam and Alireza Maleki*

*by Chris Gould*

Nanogenerators

*and Zhong Lin Wang*

Using Spectrum Sensing

Energetical Characteristics

*by Akbarov Rasul*
