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In order to promote the application of electroactive polymer, the generator mode theory fundamentals of electroactive polymer (take acrylic elastomer as an example) were discussed and studied. The power generation mode of electroactive acrylic elastomer (EAE) was studied by experiments based on designing a power generation measurement system for EAE. The power generation process of EAE was tested under different influencing factors. The experimental results show that power generated when EAE relaxed. The bias voltage and pre-strain level had a great impact on the power generation of EAE. The voltage of power generation increased with the augmentation of the bias voltage and pre-strain level.
The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50777028).
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Cao, J., Shiju, E., Zhao, T., Zhu, X., Gao, C., Hui, A. (2011). Influencing Factors on Power Generation Mode of Electroactive Polymer. In: Lee, J. (eds) Advanced Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 87. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19712-3_25
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