Impact detecting and counting are fundamental functions of fuses used in hard target penetration weapons.However,detection failure caused by battery breakdown in high-g acceleration environments poses a vulnerability ...Impact detecting and counting are fundamental functions of fuses used in hard target penetration weapons.However,detection failure caused by battery breakdown in high-g acceleration environments poses a vulnerability for such weapons.This paper introduces a novel supercapacitor that combines energy storage and high-g impact detection,called self-sensing supercapacitor.By deliberately inducing a transient soft short-circuit during shock in the supercapacitor,it is possible to detect external impact by its transient voltage drop.To realize this concept,firstly,by introducing the contact theory and force-induced percolation model,the electrode strength and roughness are found to have key impacts on the formation of soft circuits.Subsequently,to meet the needs for sensitivity and capacity,a high-density porous carbon(HDPC)that combines high mechanical strength and porosity,is selected as a suitable candidate based on the analysis results.Furthermore,a two-step curing method is proposed to prepare the high-roughness HDPC(HRHDPC)electrode and to assemble the self-sensing supercapacitor.Due to the rich specific surface of the electrodes and the high surface strength and roughness conducive to the formation of transient soft short circuits,the self-sensing supercapacitor not only possesses an excellent specific capacitance(171 F/g at 0.5 A/g)but also generates significant voltage response signals when subjected to high-g impacts ranging from 8000g to 31,000g.Finally,the self-sensing supercapacitor is applied to compose a successive high-g impact counting system and compared to traditional solutions(sensors and tantalum capacitors)in the military fuzes.The results show that the self-sensing supercapacitor-based system exhibits advantages in terms of size,power consumption,and counting accuracy.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52007084)by the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST(No.2023QNRC001).
文摘Impact detecting and counting are fundamental functions of fuses used in hard target penetration weapons.However,detection failure caused by battery breakdown in high-g acceleration environments poses a vulnerability for such weapons.This paper introduces a novel supercapacitor that combines energy storage and high-g impact detection,called self-sensing supercapacitor.By deliberately inducing a transient soft short-circuit during shock in the supercapacitor,it is possible to detect external impact by its transient voltage drop.To realize this concept,firstly,by introducing the contact theory and force-induced percolation model,the electrode strength and roughness are found to have key impacts on the formation of soft circuits.Subsequently,to meet the needs for sensitivity and capacity,a high-density porous carbon(HDPC)that combines high mechanical strength and porosity,is selected as a suitable candidate based on the analysis results.Furthermore,a two-step curing method is proposed to prepare the high-roughness HDPC(HRHDPC)electrode and to assemble the self-sensing supercapacitor.Due to the rich specific surface of the electrodes and the high surface strength and roughness conducive to the formation of transient soft short circuits,the self-sensing supercapacitor not only possesses an excellent specific capacitance(171 F/g at 0.5 A/g)but also generates significant voltage response signals when subjected to high-g impacts ranging from 8000g to 31,000g.Finally,the self-sensing supercapacitor is applied to compose a successive high-g impact counting system and compared to traditional solutions(sensors and tantalum capacitors)in the military fuzes.The results show that the self-sensing supercapacitor-based system exhibits advantages in terms of size,power consumption,and counting accuracy.
