A Review of Dielectric Elastomer Generator Systems

Advanced Intelligent Systems

Iain Anderson¹  Samuel Rosset¹  Rocco Vertechy²  Marco Fontana³  Giacomo Moretti⁴ 

[1] Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand;Department of Industrial Engineering University of Bologna Bologna Italy;Department of Industrial Engineering University of Trento Trento Italy;TeCIP Institute Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa Italy;

关键词: dielectric elastomers;    electro active polymers;    energy harvesting;   

DOI  :  10.1002/aisy.202000125

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Dielectric elastomer generator systems (DEGSs) are a class of electrostatic soft‐transducers capable of converting oscillating mechanical power from different sources into usable electricity. Over the past years, a diversity of DEGSs has been conceived, integrated, and tested featuring diverse topologies and implementation characteristics tailored on different applications. Herein, the recent advances on DEGSs are reviewed and illustrated in terms of design of hardware architectures, power electronics, and control, with reference to the different application targets, including large‐scale systems such as ocean wave energy converters, and small‐scale systems such as human motion or ambient vibration energy harvesters. Finally, challenges and perspectives for the advancement of DEGSs are identified and discussed.

【 授权许可】

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