Thomas等人將兩個錐形介電彈性體的內框環結合製成了可自充式錐形介電彈性體，本論文將該裝置置於鞋底的後腳跟及前腳掌處，提出了將該裝置應用在鞋底發電裝置的可能性。

可自充式介電彈性體應用在鞋底發電裝置的最大好處是可以充分利用人類行走的每一個階段來發電，一般鞋底發電裝置是利用腳跟落地時產生的能量來發電，而本論文提出的發電裝置是利用腳跟落地、重心轉移至前腳掌、腳掌離地等不同階段踩壓的能量來發電。

本論文首先推導了錐形介電彈性體的電能公式，接著規劃錐形介電彈性體組應用在鞋底發電裝置上時的兩種發電模式，接著找出合適的材料以及適當的外型尺寸。而後為了增加電能產量，本論文將兩個錐形介電彈性體組上下合併並且考慮將錐形介電彈性體薄膜堆疊多層以增加電能產量。同時計算堆疊不同厚度的薄膜時壓縮薄膜所需要的外力。最後將參數帶入前面所推出的式子並計算得到兩種不同發電模式下疊層1毫米的錐形介電彈性體組每一步分別可產生約0.142瓦及0.07瓦的能量。

Thomas et al. developed Self-priming dielectric elastomer generators by combining two Cone-type dielectric elastomers. In this paper, we analyzed the feasibility of the application of cone-type dielectric elastomers in shoe generator by fitting the Self-priming dielectric elastomer generators in the heel and forefoot of shoes.
Making full use of every step to generate energy is the great advantage of this application. Normal shoe generators scavenge energy by heel striking the ground. In this paper, cone-type dielectric elastomer generator scavenges energy by not only heel striking the ground, but also weight transferring from heel to forefoot and foot leaving the ground.
In this paper we first did the derivation of the electric power formula of cone-type dielectric elastomer and find out two power generation modes. Then found appropriate material and size of the cone-type dielectric elastomer. We also combined two cone-type dielectric elastomer generators and stacked the dielectric elastomer membranes in order to increase the amount of energy. Also we calculated the required force necessary for compressing the membranes in stacking different layers. Finally we found out that cone-type dielectric elastomer generator with membrane stacking to 1mm in two power generation modes can respectively generate 0.142W and 0.07W every step.

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