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:10.1038/s41467-019-12144-2

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

Affiliations

Xun Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Yu-Ting Huang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Chang Liu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Kaiyu Mu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Ka Ho Li: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Sijia Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Yuan Yang: Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
Lei Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Chia-Hung Su: Department of Chemical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology
Shien-Ping Feng: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

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.

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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