Capacitive energy harvesting using soft dielectric elastomers : design, testing and impedance matching optimization

• Main Authors: Wang, Yongquan, Zhu, Liangquan, Zhang, Gong, Zhong, Lincheng, Chen, Hualing
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Dielectrics; Energy Harvesting; DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89134; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46128
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Energy harvesting based on dielectric elastomeric materials, in nature, embodies a capacitive kinetic energy conversion mechanism where the soft DE generator (DEG) interactively cooperates with conditioning circuits. Based on the principle of passive charge pump, this paper proposes a design concept...