Moisture adsorption-desorption full cycle power generation

Haiyan Wang; Tiancheng He; Xuanzhang Hao; Yaxin Huang; Houze Yao; Feng Liu; Huhu Cheng; Liangti Qu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30156-3

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Moisture adsorption-desorption full cycle power generation

Haiyan Wang,
Tiancheng He,
Xuanzhang Hao,
Yaxin Huang,
Houze Yao,
Feng Liu,
Huhu Cheng,
Liangti Qu

Affiliations

Haiyan Wang: Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Tiancheng He: State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Xuanzhang Hao: State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Yaxin Huang: State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Houze Yao: State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Feng Liu: State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huhu Cheng: Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Liangti Qu: Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30156-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Reducing humanity’s reliance on fossil fuels will require the development of alternative, renewable energy technologies. Here, authors prepare a moisture adsorption-desorption power generator that asymmetrically adsorbs and desorbs moisture at high and low humidity to provide an electric output.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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