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Conclusions and Future Perspectives

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This final chapter presents a summary of the work carried out throughout this book. The results that were achieved are compared to those of the state of the art, showing where this work can fit in. Moreover, suggestions are also made, such that any researcher in the field of energy harvesting can use what was documented in this book to serve as a foothold to climb up to higher achievements.

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  1. Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL), Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL–ADEETC), Lisbon, Portugal

    Carlos Manuel Ferreira Carvalho

  2. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal

    Nuno Filipe Silva Veríssimo Paulino

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Ferreira Carvalho, C.M., Paulino, N.F.S.V. (2016). Conclusions and Future Perspectives. In: CMOS Indoor Light Energy Harvesting System for Wireless Sensing Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21617-1_8

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