Energy Harvesting with electro-active polymers
With an increasing demand on power of mobile devices and sensors, dissipated mechanical and thermal energy should be transformed to electrical energy using smart materials. We are interested in the dielectric elastomers and piezoelectric ceramics embedded in the tire, which produce energy through thomo-mechanical deformation and vibration of a tire. Embedding EAP into the pavement is a source of energy, which we seek as an alternative energy harvesting source.
