title: High Power Density Electrochemical Thermocells for Inexpensively Harvesting Low-Grade Thermal Energy.
abstract: 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-2for an interelectrode temperature difference (ΔT) of 81 °C, which is sixfold higher power than previously reported for planar thermocells operating at ambient pressure.
authors.affiliation: The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75083, USA.|Sichuan New Material Research Center, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621000, China.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
authors.forename: Taewoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75083, USA.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, INHA University, Incheon, 22212, South Korea.
authors.forename: Tae June
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, New South Wales, 2500, Australia.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, 3220, Australia.
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pringle
authors.affiliation: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
authors.forename: Ali H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kazim
authors.affiliation: The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75083, USA.
authors.forename: Shaoli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75083, USA.
authors.forename: Carter
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, 3220, Australia.
authors.forename: Danah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Al-Masri
authors.affiliation: George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
authors.forename: Baratunde A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Cola
authors.affiliation: Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, 3220, Australia.
authors.forename: Joselito M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Razal
authors.affiliation: The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75083, USA.
authors.forename: Jiangtao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Di
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, New South Wales, 2500, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beirne
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: MacFarlane
authors.affiliation: Lynntech, Inc, 2501 Earl Rudder Freeway South, College Station, TX, 77845, USA.
authors.forename: Anuncia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Martin
authors.affiliation: Lynntech, Inc, 2501 Earl Rudder Freeway South, College Station, TX, 77845, USA.
authors.forename: Sibi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Hyup
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, New South Wales, 2500, Australia.
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.affiliation: The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75083, USA.
authors.forename: Ray H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Baughman
keywords: energy harvesting; thermo-electrochemical; thermocells; thermogalvanic