In: Electrical Engineering
I want to build a thin flexible rubber sheet, embedded with piezoelectric materials to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.
Can anyone please tell me how i can proceed with this experiment?
or if there is any online supplier where i can buy from?
step(01):Identify the material.
Silicon oil rubber has been the most commonly used material for piezoelements.
Also we use chloroprene styrene-butadiene , acrylonitrile butadiene and natural rubber .
To impeove peizoelectric performance of rubber we also use filler material.One of such material is MCF whwere magnetic filler is used.
STEP 02:HOW TO MAKE MCF RUBBER
In the MCF rubber technique a colloidal fluid containing spherical Fe3O4 particles on the order of 10 nm in size, as well as other metal particles such as Ni, Fe, Cu, etc., on the order of 1 μm. These particles are dispersed in a solvent such as water, kerosene, or silicone oil to compound a magnetic fluid (MF), which is an ordinary intelligent fluid responsive to the magnetic field due to the Fe3O4 particles. When a magnetic field is applied, the Fe3O4 particles play a bonding role among the metal particles, allowing numerous metal and Fe3O4 particles to aggregate.
REFERENCE OF BELOW IMAGE:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336029/figure/sensors-17-00346-f002/
THERE ARE THREE TYPE TO MAKE MCF RUBBER AS SHOWN BELOW IN THE FIGURE.
or what you can do See as per your need you have to find ways to set how much preesure exertion should create how much voltage and current and than choose to buy the online rubber sheet which are avaliable on different online platform like amazon ebay etc after this buy peizoelectric sensor and place in between layer of sheet.
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there are direct online site which gives this for embeded but i can not say about its gaurantee and response please check youself.
http://www.parlux-npdc.com/
https://www.prior.com
http://abarrubber.com
etc