Ionic thermoelectric gels and devices: Progress, opportunities, and challenges

M Yu, H Li, Y Li, S Wang, Q Li, Y Wang, B Li, K Zhu… - EnergyChem, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials are promising in relieving the energy crisis concerning harvesting
waste heat and providing a new environment-friendly self-power source for Internet of …

[HTML][HTML] Low-grade waste heat recovery scenarios: Pyroelectric, thermomagnetic, and thermogalvanic thermal energy harvesting

S Hur, S Kim, HS Kim, A Kumar, C Kwon, J Shin… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying reliable and sustainable sources of electricity is a significant challenge of the
present time. However, most energy-generation mechanisms produce unavoidable low …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal diodes, regulators, and switches: Physical mechanisms and potential applications

G Wehmeyer, T Yabuki, C Monachon, J Wu… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Interest in new thermal diodes, regulators, and switches has been rapidly growing because
these components have the potential for rich transport phenomena that cannot be achieved …

Thermo-electrochemical cells for waste heat harvesting–progress and perspectives

MF Dupont, DR MacFarlane, JM Pringle - Chemical communications, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermo-electrochemical cells (also called thermocells) are promising devices for harvesting
waste heat for the sustainable production of energy. Research into thermocells has …

An electrochemical system for efficiently harvesting low-grade heat energy

SW Lee, Y Yang, HW Lee, H Ghasemi… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Efficient and low-cost thermal energy-harvesting systems are needed to utilize the
tremendous low-grade heat sources. Although thermoelectric devices are attractive, its …

[PDF][PDF] High power density electrochemical thermocells for inexpensively harvesting low-grade thermal energy.

L Zhang, T Kim, N Li, TJ Kang, J Chen, J Pringle… - 2017 - dro.deakin.edu.au
Continuously operating thermo-electrochemical cells (thermocells) are of interest for
harvesting low-grade waste thermal energy because of their potentially low cost compared …

Charging-free electrochemical system for harvesting low-grade thermal energy

Y Yang, SW Lee, H Ghasemi, J Loomis, X Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - pnas.org
Efficient and low-cost systems are needed to harvest the tremendous amount of energy
stored in low-grade heat sources (< 100° C). Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle …

High thermopower of ferri/ferrocyanide redox couple in organic-water solutions

T Kim, JS Lee, G Lee, H Yoon, J Yoon, TJ Kang… - Nano Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Thermogalvanic cell (thermocell) represents a promising technology for converting low
grade waste heat to electricity. For the cell to be attractive, however, the voltage generated …

Emerging electrochemical and membrane-based systems to convert low-grade heat to electricity

M Rahimi, AP Straub, F Zhang, X Zhu… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Low-grade heat from geothermal sources and industrial plants is a significant source of
sustainable power that has great potential to be converted to electricity. The two main …

Advancement of electrochemical thermoelectric conversion with molecular technology

H Zhou, H Inoue, M Ujita, T Yamada - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermocells are a thermoelectric conversion technology that utilizes the shift in an
electrochemical equilibrium arising from a temperature difference. This technology has a …