Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Direct thermal charging cell for converting low-grade heat to electricity

  • Xun Wang,
  • Yu-Ting Huang,
  • Chang Liu,
  • Kaiyu Mu,
  • Ka Ho Li,
  • Sijia Wang,
  • Yuan Yang,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Chia-Hung Su,
  • Shien-Ping Feng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12144-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Recovery of low-grade heat can aid in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but heat-to-electricity conversion technologies should be optimized. Here the authors report a direct thermal charging cell that uses asymmetric electrodes and a redox electrolyte to efficiently convert low-grade heat into electricity.