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Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMCs) Containing Cu/Ni Electrodes and Ionic Liquids for Durability
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- Authors
- Hyung-Kun Lee, Nak Jin Choi, Sun Kyung Jung, Kang Ho Park, Jong Dae Kim
- Issue Date
- 2009-05
- Citation
- Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS IV (SPIE 7362), v.7362, pp.1-8
- Publisher
- SPIE
- Language
- English
- Type
- Conference Paper
- Abstract
- We describe the fabrication of ionic polymer-meal composites (IPMCs) containing Cu/Ni electrode as an electrode material and ionic liquid as an electrolyte. Cu/Ni is notorious for vulnerability to oxidation and acid. The authors have investigated best candidate of ionic liquids for this vulnerable electrode. This new IPMC shows increased displacement and blocking force compared to that of conventional IPMC containing Pt electrode and ionic liquid due to increased stiffness of resulting IPMC and size effect of mobile cations. In this research, the effect of ionic liquid was investigated by monitoring displacement and blocking force of IPMCs depending on the type of ionic liquids. © 2009 SPIE.
- KSP Keywords
- Blocking force, Ionic polymer-metal composites, Ni electrode, Pt electrode, electrode materials, ionic liquids(Poly), size effect