The current state of silicone‐based dielectric elastomer transducers

FB Madsen, AE Daugaard, S Hvilsted… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Silicone elastomers are promising materials for dielectric elastomer transducers (DETs) due
to their superior properties such as high efficiency, reliability and fast response times. DETs …

Mechanics of dielectric elastomer structures: A review

T Lu, C Ma, T Wang - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past decade, the development of theory has deeply revealed the electromechanical
coupling deformation mechanism of dielectric elastomer (DE). Many theoretical predictions …

Enhanced energy conversion efficiency in the surface modified BaTiO3 nanoparticles/polyurethane nanocomposites for potential dielectric elastomer generators

Y Yang, ZS Gao, M Yang, MS Zheng, DR Wang… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The dielectric elastomers have been widely studied in last decades due to their excellent
electromechanical conversion ability. Herein, two kinds of polyurethanes (PU) with different …

Dielectric elastomer generator with improved energy density and conversion efficiency based on polyurethane composites

G Yin, Y Yang, F Song, C Renard… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Dielectric elastomer generators (DEGs), which follow the physics of variable capacitors and
harvest electric energy from mechanical work, have attracted intensive attention over the …

Strategies for enhancing low-frequency performances of triboelectric, electrochemical, piezoelectric and dielectric elastomer energy harvesting: recent progress and …

X Xiahou, S Wu, G Chen, DN Futaba, X Guo, H Li… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Mechanical energy harvesting transforms various forms of mechanical energy, including
ocean waves, wind, and human motion, into electrical energy, providing a viable solution to …

Nano-Silica/Polydimethyl (methylvinyl) siloxane dielectric elastomer generator with high generating energy density, high efficiency and long fatigue life

Y Jiang, C Tian, J Yao, W Wu, N Ning, M Tian… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dielectric elastomer generator (DEG) can easily realize the energy harvesting from nature
motion sources such as waves and human movements. Up to now, the bottleneck of the …

Polysulfide polyurethane–urea-based dielectric composites with CeO 2-loaded MXene exhibiting high self-healing efficiency

YJ Ma, JW Wang, GC Zhuang, Y Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
To overcome the effect of high actuation voltages causing dielectric elastomer films to
breakdown, fabricating films with excellent dielectric properties and high durability is the …

Harvesting energy with load-driven dielectric elastomer annular membranes deforming out-of-plane

E Bortot, M Gei - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
The capabilities of a dielectric elastomer generator formed by a hyper-electro-elastic annular
membrane deforming non-homogeneously out-of-plane are investigated. The mechanical-to …

Enhanced dielectric properties and discharged energy density of composite films using submicron PZT particles

G Chen, X Lin, J Li, JG Fisher, Y Zhang, S Huang… - Ceramics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Flexible dielectric composite films are highly desirable materials with potential application in
capacitors due to their high energy density and discharged efficiency. However …

[HTML][HTML] Improved electric energy density and conversion efficiency of natural rubber composites as dielectric elastomer generators

D Yang, Y Xu, M Ruan, Z Xiao, W Guo, H Wang… - Aip Advances, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
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