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High power density electrochemical thermocells for inexpensively harvesting low-grade thermal energy.
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posted on 2017-03-01, 00:00 authored by L Zhang, T Kim, N Li, T J Kang, J Chen, Jenny PringleJenny Pringle, M Zhang, A H Kazim, S Fang, C Haines, Danah Al-MasriDanah Al-Masri, B A Cola, Joselito RazalJoselito Razal, J Di, S Beirne, D R MacFarlane, A Gonzalez-Martin, S Mathew, Y H Kim, G Wallace, R H BaughmanContinuously operating thermo-electrochemical cells (thermocells) are of interest for harvesting low-grade waste thermal energy because of their potentially low cost compared with conventional thermoelectrics. Pt-free thermocells devised here provide an output power of 12 W m(-2) for an interelectrode temperature difference (ΔT) of 81 °C, which is sixfold higher power than previously reported for planar thermocells operating at ambient pressure.
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Advanced materialsVolume
29Issue
12Pagination
1 - 7Publisher
WileyLocation
Chichester, EnglandPublisher DOI
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0935-9648eISSN
1521-4095Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & CoUsage metrics
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energy harvestingthermo-electrochemicalthermocellsthermogalvanicScience & TechnologyPhysical SciencesTechnologyChemistry, MultidisciplinaryChemistry, PhysicalNanoscience & NanotechnologyMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryPhysics, AppliedPhysics, Condensed MatterChemistryScience & Technology - Other TopicsMaterials SciencePhysicsCARBON-NANOTUBETHERMOGALVANIC CELLSREDOX COUPLESWASTE HEATELECTRODESTHERMOELECTRICSPERFORMANCESYSTEMMERITthermal energy harvesting
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