Giant Power Output from Ionic/electronic Hybrid Nanocomposite Thermoelectric Converter Under Constant Temperature Gradient.

ABSTRACT: Thermoelectric (TE) materials that directly convert heat to electricity are of great significance for sustainable development. However, TE generators (TEGs) made from electronic TE materials suffer from low Seebeck coefficient (10^-2-10⁰ mV K^-1). While ionic TE capacitors based on ionic conductors exhibit high thermovoltage (10⁰-10² mV K^-1), ionic TE capacitors provide power discontinuously only under variation of temperature gradient as ions cannot transport across electrodes to external circuits. Herein, an ionic/electronic hybrid nanocomposite TE converter (NCTEC) by integrating carbon nanotube/polylactic acid nanofibrous fabrics (CPNF) with gelatin ionogel is reported. The resulting NCTEC exhibits a record-high output pow

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11744677 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature