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High power density electrochemical thermocells for inexpensively harvesting low-grade thermal energy

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posted on 2024-11-16, 02:04 authored by Long Zhang, Taewoo Kim, Na Li, Tae June Kang, Jun ChenJun Chen, Jennifer Pringle, Mei Zhang, Ali Kazim, Shaoli Fang, Carter S Haines, Danah Al-Masri, Baratunde A Cola, Joselito Razal, Jiangtao Di, Stephen Beirne, Douglas R MacFarlane, Anuncia Gonzalez-Martin, Sibi Mathew, Yong Hyup Kim, Gordon WallaceGordon Wallace, Ray H Baughman
Continuously 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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ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science

Australian Research Council

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Zhang, L., Kim, T., Li, N., Kang, T., Chen, J., Pringle, J. M., Zhang, M., Kazim, A. H., Fang, S., Haines, C., Al-Masri, D., Cola, B. A., Razal, J. M., Di, J., Beirne, S., MacFarlane, D. R., Gonzalez-Martin, A., Mathew, S., Kim, Y., Wallace, G. & Baughman, R. H. (2017). High power density electrochemical thermocells for inexpensively harvesting low-grade thermal energy. Advanced Materials, 29 (12), 1605652-1-1605652-7.

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Advanced Materials

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29

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12

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English

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113139

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    powerinexpensivelydensityharvestingelectrochemicallow-gradehighthermalthermocellsenergy

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