An experimental and numerical approach to understand the effect of the IPMC composition on its sensing and energy harvesting behavior

Barbar Akle; Reef Khairallah; Elio Challita

doi:10.1117/12.2046429

26 March 2014 An experimental and numerical approach to understand the effect of the IPMC composition on its sensing and energy harvesting behavior

Barbar Akle, Reef Khairallah, Elio Challita

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Proceedings Volume 9056, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2014; 90560R (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2046429
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) is an Electo-Active Polymer (EAP) that is well-known for its actuation and sensing behavior. It has been shown that in charge sensing mode an IPMC generates one order of magnitude larger current as compared to piezoelectric materials. However the voltage generated is on the order of couple millivolts, making it less attractive as a sensor and energy harvester. Previous numerical work by the author, demonstrated that increasing the ionic concentration of the ionomer will increase the current and voltage generated by an IPMC. Conversely, the previous study showed that the electrode composition and architecture had minimal effects. This paper will present an experimental investigation of the effect of changing the composition of the ionomer, the membrane thickness, and electrode architecture on the sensing and energy harvesting behavior. The response of all IPMC transducers is analyzed and compared to numerical simulations.

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Barbar Akle, Reef Khairallah, and Elio Challita "An experimental and numerical approach to understand the effect of the IPMC composition on its sensing and energy harvesting behavior", Proc. SPIE 9056, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2014, 90560R (26 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2046429

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