Light-triggered thermoelectric conversion based on a carbon nanotube-polymer hybrid gel.
Lights? Nanotubes? Action! A hydrogel comprising lysozymes, poly(ethylene glycol), phospholipids, and functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes is employed for light-driven thermoelectric conversion. A photoinduced thermoelectric conversion module based on the hydrogel functions as a novel electric power generator (see image). This concept may find application in various industries, such as robotics and aerospace engineering.
Miyako
Eijiro
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Health Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. e-miyako@aist.go.jp
Nagata
Hideya
H
Funahashi
Ryoji
R
Hirano
Ken
K
Hirotsu
Takahiro
T
D004560:Electricity; D005782:Gels; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
D005782:Gels; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011108:Polymers