Optimizing the electrical energy conversion cycle of dielectric elastomer generators.

Shian, Samuel; Huang, Jiangshui; Zhu, Shijie; Clarke, David R · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

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.