Optimized energy harvesting materials and generator design

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8687, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Graf, Christian ^a   Hitzbleck, Julia ^b   Feller, Torsten ^b   Clauberg, Karin ^b   Wagner, Joachim ^b   Krause, Jens ^b   Maas, Jürgen ^a  

^a OSTWESTFALEN LIPPE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Formerly Baver Material Science AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dielectric elastomers; Electrocative polymers; Energy harvesting; Generator; Material development; Polyurethane (PUR)

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN STRENGTH; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRICALLY INSULATING FILMS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; GENERATOR; MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL; STRETCHABLE ELECTRODES;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYURETHANES; SILICONES;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84878696173     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2010011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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