POWER GENERATION MEMBER, POWER GENERATION DEVICE USING SAME, AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM

摘要

To provide a power generation member having a high power generating capacity, a power generation device using the same, and a power generation system. A power generation member 1 includes: a piezoelectric element 2 in which electrodes 2a and 2c are formed on both main faces of a plate-shaped piezoelectric ceramic 2b; a pressing member to press one main face of the piezoelectric element 2; and a support member 4 to support the other main face of the piezoelectric element 2, wherein the support member 4 supports an outer rim of the piezoelectric element 2, and the pressing member 3 presses the piezoelectric element 2 at a part inside the support member 4 with a planar pressing face. It is possible to reduce cancellation of the generated charge, as well as to allow the piezoelectric ceramic 2b to deform sufficiently to produce large strain by pressure energy generated by a walking man or vibration energy generated by a running car and the like. As a result, it is possible to effectively obtain large electricity.