Analysis and manufacture of an energy harvester based on a Mooney-Rivlin–type dielectric elastomer

We studied a typical failure model of a Mooney-Rivlin–type silicone energy harvester, illustrated the allowable area under equal-biaxial and unequal-biaxial conditions, calculated the energy generated in one cycle of an energy harvester, designed a new harvester, and conducted its primary tests. When the ratio between principal planar stretches p =1 (λ 2 = p λ 1 ) and the material constant ratio k =0.1 ( C 2 = kC 1 ), the energy density generated by the harvester is 6.81 J/g. We think that these results can be used to facilitate the design and manufacture of dielectric elastomer energy harvesters.