Harvesting energy from low-grade heat based on nanofluids

Nano Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 805-811

  Xu, Baoxing ^a   Liu, Ling ^a   Lim, Hyuck ^b   Qiao, Yu ^b,c   Chen, Xi ^a,d,e  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiency; Electrical potential; Energy harvesting; Low grade heat; Nanofluids

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE EFFECT; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; FIGURE OF MERITS; LIQUID-SOLID INTERFACES; LOW-GRADE HEATS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOCONFINEMENTS; NANOFLUIDIC SYSTEMS; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPOROUS CARBONS; THERMAL SENSITIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84868702638     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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