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Optimizing the Electrical Energy Conversion Cycle of Dielectric Elastomer Generators
Author(s) -
Shian Samuel,
Huang Jiangshui,
Zhu Shijie,
Clarke David R.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201402291
Subject(s) - materials science , elastomer , dielectric , dielectric elastomers , electric potential energy , generator (circuit theory) , energy harvesting , mechanical energy , electric generator , energy (signal processing) , composite material , engineering physics , optoelectronics , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , statistics , mathematics , engineering
A strategy to control the electrical charge is developed to achieve high energy density of soft dielectric elastomer generators for energy harvesting. The strategy is analytically shown and experimentally demonstrated to produce the highest energy density ever reported for a soft generator.