Extraction of Energy from Small Thermal Differences near Room Temperature Using Capacitive Membrane Technology

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 356-360

  Sales, Bruno B ^a,b   Burheim, Odne S ^c   Porada, Slawomir ^d   Presser, Volker ^d,e   Buisman, Cees J N ^a,f   Hamelers, Hubertus V M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

^e SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84969263695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez5002402     Document Type: Article

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