Advances in ionic thermoelectrics: from materials to devices

S Sun, M Li, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As an extended member of the thermoelectric family, ionic thermoelectrics (i‐TEs) exhibit
exceptional Seebeck coefficients and applicable power factors, and as a result have …

Review of thermally regenerative batteries based on redox reaction and distillation for harvesting low-grade heat as electricity

W Wang, H Tian, D Huo, G Shu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Low-grade thermal energy (< 100° C) is ubiquitous in nature and human activities,
and its enormous reserves and renewability make it significant to convert it into electricity …

Thermodynamics of ionic thermoelectrics for low-grade heat harvesting

X Qian, Z Ma, Q Huang, H Jiang, R Yang - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
More than half of the waste heat rejected into the environment has temperatures lower than
100° C, which accounts for nearly 85 PWh/year worldwide. Efficiently harvesting low-grade …

Enhancing Efficiency of Low‐Grade Heat Harvesting by Structural Vibration Entropy in Thermally Regenerative Electrochemical Cycles

A Choi, YY Song, J Kim, D Kim, MH Kim… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of waste‐heat energy exists in the form of low‐grade heat (< 100° C), which is
immensely difficult to convert into usable energy using conventional energy‐harvesting …

Efficient Low‐Grade Heat Conversion and Storage with an Activity‐Regulated Redox Flow Cell via a Thermally Regenerative Electrochemical Cycle

H Zhang, DG Lek, S Huang, YM Lee… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient and cost‐effective technologies are highly desired to convert the tremendous
amount of low‐grade waste heat to electricity. Although the thermally regenerative …

Anion effects on thermopower of electrochemical systems for low-grade heat harvesting

X Li, A Wu, J Li, Z Li, D Lee, SW Lee - ACS Energy Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Improvement of the thermopower (α) is essential for enhancing the energy conversion
efficiency of a thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle (TREC). Here, we utilize the …

Heat and mass transfer performance of ferricyanide/ferrocyanide thermocell and optimization analysis

D He, X Tang, MA Rehan, G Li - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermocell, as a device of thermoelectric conversion, can directly convert waste heat into
electricity without moving parts and gas emissions. The overall numerical thermocell model …

Thermo-electrochemical modeling of thermally regenerative flow batteries

Y Cai, X Qian, R Su, X Jia, J Ying, T Zhao, H Jiang - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermally regenerative flow batteries are promising for harvesting the ubiquitous low-grade
heat energy. Efforts have been made to improve the performance of this type of battery by …

Progress and prospects of low-grade thermal energy utilization technologies

G Liu, D Ji, CN Markides - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite significant recent progress, which has focussed and relied mainly on improvements
to the generation, storage, transmission/distribution and consumption of electricity, the …

Exploring a novel route for low-grade heat harvesting: Electrochemical Brayton cycle

R Chen, S Deng, J Zhang, L Zhao, W Xu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient technologies to convert huge amounts of low-grade heat to power are urgently
desired. Although various electrochemical technologies have been proposed, the low …