A tubing shaped, flexible thermal energy harvester based on a carbon nanotube sheet electrode

Carbon

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-123

  Yang, Hee Doo ^a   Tufa, Lemma Teshome ^a   Bae, Kyoung Min ^a   Kang, Tae June ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ENERGY HARVESTING; POROUS MATERIALS; REDOX REACTIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL ENERGY; TUBING; WASTE HEAT; WIRE;

ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRODE PERFORMANCE; ENERGY HARVESTER; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SERIES CONNECTIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84924603020     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.01.037     Document Type: Article

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