Novel carbon materials for thermal energy harvesting

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1229-1235

  Romano, Mark S ^a   Gambhir, Sanjeev ^a   Razal, Joselito M ^a   Gestos, Adrian ^a   Wallace, Gordon G ^a   Chen, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Graphene; Reduced graphene oxide; Thermal conductivity; Thermal enery harvesting; Thermogalvanic cell

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON MATERIAL; CONVERSION SYSTEMS; ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE STREAMS; LOW GRADE HEAT; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OVERPOTENTIAL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; POWER DENSITIES; POWER OUT PUT; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL FLUXES; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FOSSIL FUELS; GRAPHENE; OPTIMIZATION; PLATINUM; REDOX REACTIONS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84867348949     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-012-2311-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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