Scaling up nanoscale water-driven energy conversion into evaporation-driven engines and generators

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Xi ^a   Goodnight, Davis ^a   Gao, Zhenghan ^b   Cavusoglu, Ahmet H ^b   Sabharwal, Nina ^b   Delay, Michael ^a   Driks, Adam ^c   Sahin, Ozgur ^a,b  

^a Department of Biological Sciences Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EVAPORATION; MUSCLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CAR; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENGINE; EVAPORATION; FLOW RATE; GENERATOR; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MOISTURE; MOTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; ROTATION; SCALE UP; SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THICKNESS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84935915844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8346     Document Type: Article

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