High-efficiency electrochemical thermal energy harvester using carbon nanotube aerogel sheet electrodes

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Im, Hyeongwook ^a   Kim, Taewoo ^a   Song, Hyelynn ^a   Choi, Jongho ^a   Park, Jae Sung ^b   Ovalle Robles, Raquel ^c   Yang, Hee Doo ^d   Kihm, Kenneth D ^e   Baughman, Ray H ^f   Lee, Hong H ^a   Kang, Tae June ^g   Kim, Yong Hyup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Nano Science and Technology Center   (United States)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^g Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONDUCTANCE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOW RATE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; IMPEDANCE; ION TRANSPORT; LAMINAR FLOW; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84957824280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10600     Document Type: Article

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