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Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) are a small network of sensing element nodes that are deployed either within or outside the physical body. Due to the restricted transmission range and battery constraint in WBAN, the routing protocols can play a very important role in creating the communication between the nodes more practical and additionally prolonging the life of a WBAN. In a previous couple of years, development and analysis of the routing protocols in WBAN are very important and engaging research topic, particularly for applications in medical analysis.The energy scavenging studies have also become an important research area not only for the utilization of ambient energy sources but also for their high potential to replace the batteries especially for wireless body area networks (WBANs). Conventionally, batteries are used to provide energy to WBANs. The battery recharging or replacement is significantly impractical. Therefore, different energy scavenging interface circuits with different efficiencies have been proposed to overcome these limitations. This study focuses on energy harvesting and their potential utilization for low-power systems.