TY - GEN
T1 - State of the art in power storage composites
AU - Gallagher, Tanya M.
AU - Ciocanel, Constantin
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper presents a review on the latest developments in power storage composites. During the last decade, the need for multifunctional materials has grown steadily and has become a major priority as the demand for weight and, consequently, fuel consumption reduction, in ground and aerial vehicles, became critical. Accordingly, attempts have been made to develop structural materials that could incorporate specific devices, which would perform as sensors, for structural health monitoring, as actuators, for structural morphing capabilities, or as power harvesters, for supplementing existing power sources. Attempts have also been made to develop power storage composites, by embedding fuel cells, thin film lithium batteries, or capacitors in their structures. While it has been proven that these technologies are viable, the resulting structural materials exhibit significantly lower structural properties. To date, the most promising approach in power storage composites seems to be the development of structural load carrying capacitors. Such composites have the potential to provide good structural and electrical characteristics and can be easily manufactured.
AB - This paper presents a review on the latest developments in power storage composites. During the last decade, the need for multifunctional materials has grown steadily and has become a major priority as the demand for weight and, consequently, fuel consumption reduction, in ground and aerial vehicles, became critical. Accordingly, attempts have been made to develop structural materials that could incorporate specific devices, which would perform as sensors, for structural health monitoring, as actuators, for structural morphing capabilities, or as power harvesters, for supplementing existing power sources. Attempts have also been made to develop power storage composites, by embedding fuel cells, thin film lithium batteries, or capacitors in their structures. While it has been proven that these technologies are viable, the resulting structural materials exhibit significantly lower structural properties. To date, the most promising approach in power storage composites seems to be the development of structural load carrying capacitors. Such composites have the potential to provide good structural and electrical characteristics and can be easily manufactured.
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2010-38774
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2010-38774
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84881413705
SN - 9780791844274
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
SP - 213
EP - 219
BT - Design and Manufacturing
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2010
Y2 - 12 November 2010 through 18 November 2010
ER -