The Performance of the Ionic Liquid-containing Electroactive Polymer Actuators under Ambient Air Conditions
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The stability and low melting point make ionic liquids favorable electrolytes to be used in a wide range of electrochemical systems. The application field includes lithium ion batteries, electric doublelayer capacitors (EDLCs), and ionic electromechanically active polymer (iEAP) actuators. The iEAP is a laminate structure that consists of electronically conductive high surface area electrodes bonded to the opposite sides of an ionpermeable polymeric separator [1]. When electric potential is applied between the electrodes, the laminate changes its size or shape, depicted as bending of the laminate in unobstructed cantilevered beam configuration in Figure 1. The structure of iEAPs is rather similar to the EDLCs and their energy storage properties are sometimes comparable [2].
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