On the energy conversion and efficiency of a dielectric electroactive polymer generator

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Huaming ^a   Wang, Chengshu ^a   Yuan, Tongyan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGING PROCESS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ENERGY DENSITY; LOW STRETCH; STRETCH RATE; STRETCHING MODES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY DISSIPATION;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84864195665     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4737439     Document Type: Article

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