Enhanced thermo-electrochemical power using carbon nanotube additives in ionic liquid redox electrolytes
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28/12/2014
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Resumo |
Waste heat recovery with thermo-electrochemical cells is limited by their low power and conversion efficiencies. Here we explore ionic liquid electrolytes mixed with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as alternative electrolytes for thermo-electrochemical cells. The results show that, upon addition of MWCNTs, the combination of interfacial polarization and ion pair dissociation reduces mass transfer resistances and enhances the power of thermo-electrochemical cells at low weight percentage of MWCNTs by up to 30%. This occurs in spite of reduced open circuit voltage due to percolated networks. |
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eng |
Publicador |
Royal Society of Chemistry |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30069142/pringle-enhancedthermoelectro-2014.pdf http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ta04749d |
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2014, Royal Society of Chemistry |
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Journal Article |