An electrochemical system for efficiently harvesting low-grade heat energy

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lee, Seok Woo ^a   Yang, Yuan ^b   Lee, Hyun Wook ^a   Ghasemi, Hadi ^b   Kraemer, Daniel ^b   Chen, Gang ^b   Cui, Yi ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT BUDGET; LOW TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT; POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84901348911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4942     Document Type: Article

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