Low‐Grade Heat Harvesting: Efficient Low‐Grade Heat Harvesting Enabled by Tuning the Hydration Entropy in an Electrochemical System (Adv. Mater. 13/2021)
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In article number 2004717, Seok Woo Lee and co-workers present an efficient low-grade heat-harvesting system with a Carnot efficiency as high 50%. By tuning the hydration entropy during electrochemical reaction, temperature coefficient reaches value in thermally regenerative cycle. Moreover, harvesting of thermal energy various ranges, from 10 °C to 50 °C, is demonstrated for practical applications.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Advanced Materials
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1521-4095', '0935-9648']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202170096