Soft generators using dielectric elastomers

By Thomas McKay, Benjamin M. O’Brien, Emilio P. Calius, Iain A. Anderson. 2011

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The potential to produce light-weight, low-cost, wearable dielectric elastomer generators has been limited by the requirement for bulky rigid, and expensive external circuitry. In this letter, we present a soft dielectric elastomer generator whose stretchable circuit elements are integrated within the membrane. The soft generator achieved an energy density of 10 mJ/g at an efficiency of 12% and simply consisted of low-cost acrylic membranes and carbon grease mounted in a frame.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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