Enhancement of electrostrictive polymer efficiency for energy harvesting with cellular polypropylene electrets

• Published in: Synthetic metals Vol. 162; no. 21-22; pp. 1948 - 1953
• Main Authors: Eddiai, A., Meddad, M., Guyomar, D., Hajjaji, A., Boughaleb, Y., Yuse, K., Touhtouh, S., Sahraoui, B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.12.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Chemical Sciences; Electromechanical conversion; Electrostrictive polymer; Energy harvesting efficiency; Exact sciences and technology; Forms of application and semi-finished materials; Miscellaneous; Polymer industry, paints, wood; Polypropylene electrets; Technology of polymers; Electrostrictive polymer; Energy harvesting efficiency; Electromechanical conversion; Polypropylene electrets; Electromechanical device; Short circuit currents; Voltage current curve; Propylene polymer; Electret; Cellular material; Energy recovery; Electrostriction; Experimental study; Carbon; Polyurethane; Nanocomposite; Current time characteristic; Bilayers; Efficiency; composite; generator; Energy harvesting; vibration

► Enhancement of electrostrictive polymer efficiency. ► Energy harvesting with cellular colypropylene electrets. ► Harvested power demonstrated an excellent potential of using the cellular polypropylene with electrostrictive polymers. ► New method to estimate the conversion efficiency in electroacti...