摘要
Leveraging advances in shape memory alloys(SMAs)and flexible thermoelectric devices(f-TEDs),this paper presents a structural and functional integrity composite sheet to address the inefficient and bulky activation of 2-D SMAs.A series of experimental tests were performed to reveal the generation,change,and transfer mechan-isms of different types of electrically-induced heat in the f-TED,as well as the temperature-induced SMA phase transformation beha-viors.The results show that the composite sheet exhibited good bidirectional thermal management capacity.The austenite defor-mation can be completed within 10s at an operating current of 2 A.The cooling recovery,in particular,performs much better than in conventional modes(the temperature declines exponentially with time).Finally,through two functional prototypes,a light switch and a flexible gripper,the application potential of the proposed com-posite was further experimentally demonstrated.
基金
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.52075419.
