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Development of Carbon Nanotube/Silicone Pad for Improved Performance of Electromyostimulation Training

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  • Myeongcheol Kim

    (Coremovement, BI Center 404, Sinseon-ro 365, Nam-gu, Busan 46241, Korea)

  • Jaegyun Im

    (School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, 2 Busandaehak-ro 63 beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea)

  • Junsul Park

    (Coremovement, BI Center 404, Sinseon-ro 365, Nam-gu, Busan 46241, Korea)

  • Kyung-Bum Kim

    (Research Institute of Industrial Technology, Pusan National University, 2 Busandaehak-ro 63 beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea)

  • Jaegeun Lee

    (School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, 2 Busandaehak-ro 63 beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea)

Abstract

We have developed a carbon nanotube (CNT) pad to replace carbon black, which is essential for electric muscle stimulation (EMS) suits that can provide efficient exercise effects in a short time. The optimized CNT pad had 10 times lower concentration but showed 20 times lower resistance than the carbon black pad. In the case of the peak voltage indicating the EMS performance, it was confirmed that the CNT (4.0 wt%) was 25.9 V and the carbon black (40 wt%) was 6.5 V, which was about 4 times better. CNT added increased from 4.0 wt% to 10.0 wt%, and the peak voltage increased from 25.9 V to 26.8 V, but the output voltage was not significantly improved compared to the amount of CNT added. These experimental results are expected to show higher EMS properties than carbon black because carbon nanotubes and silicon are agglomerated to form a particle-like shape.

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  • Myeongcheol Kim & Jaegyun Im & Junsul Park & Kyung-Bum Kim & Jaegeun Lee, 2022. "Development of Carbon Nanotube/Silicone Pad for Improved Performance of Electromyostimulation Training," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-7, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:18:p:6681-:d:913507
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