Electrochemical and electromechanical properties of carbon black/carbon fiber composite polymer actuator with higher performance than single-walled carbon nanotube polymer actuator

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 340-345

  Terasawa, Naohiro ^a   Takeuchi, Ichiroh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Electrochemical; Large strain; Polymer actuator; Vapor grown carbon fiber

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL KINETIC MODEL; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; LARGE STRAINS; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-CO-HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE); POLYMER ACTUATORS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); VAPOR GROWN CARBON FIBER;

CARBON BLACK; CARBON FIBERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; IONIC LIQUIDS; POLYMERS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); VAPORS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATORS;

EID: 84893601307     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.12.156     Document Type: Article

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