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Bacterial Cellulose (BC) is a green biopolymer, with significant mechanical and electrical properties. BC-based composites have been proposed to realize generating mechanoelectrical transductors. The transductors consist of a sheet of BC, impregnated of Ionic Liquids (ILs), and covered with two layers of Conducting Polymer (CP) as the electrodes. Charges accumulate at the electrodes when the transductor is bent. Generating sensors can produce either Open Circuit (OC) voltage or Short Circuit (SC) current. In the paper, the OC voltage and SC current, generated from BC-based composites, in a cantilever configuration and subjected to dynamic deformation are compared. The influence of ILs in the transduction performance, both in the case of OC voltage and SC current is investigated. Experimental investigations of structural, chemical, and mechanoelectrical transduction properties, when the composite is dynamically bent, are performed. The mechanoelectrical investigation has been carried on both in the time and in the frequency domains. Reported results show that no relevant changes can be obtained because of the use of IL when the OC voltage is considered. 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