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http://dx.doi.org/10.7234/composres.2016.29.6.401

Model Based Investigation of Surface Area Effect on the Voltage Generation Characteristics of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Film  

Park, Kiwon (Department of Green Automobile Engineering, Youngsan University)
Kim, Dong Hyun (Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Youngsan University)
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Composites Research / v.29, no.6, 2016 , pp. 401-407 More about this Journal
Abstract
IPMC is composed of thin ion conductive polymer film sandwiched between metallic electrodes plated on both surfaces. Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) generates voltages when bent by mechanical stimuli. IPMC has a potential for the variety of energy harvesting applications due to its soft and hydrophilic characteristics. However, the large-scale implementation is necessary to increase the output power. In this paper, the scale-up of surface area effect on voltage generation characteristics of IPMC was investigated using IPMC samples with different surface areas. Also, a circuit model simulating both the output voltage and its offset variations was designed for estimating the voltages from IPMC samples. The proposed model simulated the output voltages with offsets well corresponding to various frequencies of input bending motion. However, some samples showed that the increase of error between real and simulated voltages with time due to the nonlinear characteristic of offset variations.
Keywords
Ionic polymer-metal composite; Circuit model; Output voltage estimation;
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