https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/581593
標題: | A nanofluidic osmotic power generator demonstrated in polymer gel electrolytes with substantially enhanced performance | 作者: | Yeh L.-H Huang Z.-Y Liu Y.-C Deng M.-J Chou T.-H Ou Yang H.-C Ahamad T Alshehri S.M Wu K.C.-W. KEVIN CHIA-WEN WU |
關鍵字: | Nanotechnology; Osmosis; Solid electrolytes; Aqueous electrolyte; Electric double-layer overlap; Experimental evidence; Nernst-Planck equations; Operation stability; Poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA); Polymer gel electrolytes; Solid matrixes; Polyelectrolytes | 公開日期: | 2019 | 卷: | 7 | 期: | 47 | 起(迄)頁: | 26791-26796 | 來源出版物: | Journal of Materials Chemistry A | 摘要: | Polymer gel electrolytes have shown potential for enhancing operation stability and cycle longevity in energy storage devices; however, their use in osmotic power conversion remains unexplored, because one would expect reduced ionic conductance at the nanoscale, which in turn can impact their performance output. Here we report the first polymer gel electrolyte-based osmotic power generator by introducing polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a solid matrix. We present the experimental evidence showing that with the PVA gel electrolyte, the ion transport and osmotic power can be enhanced under conditions in which the electric double layer overlap effect in nanochannels is significant; thus, a substantial increase of the power output as high as nearly two times can be achieved as compared to the corresponding aqueous electrolytes. The observations are explained by the adsorption of excess counterions onto PVA confined at the nanoscale, supported by our modeling performed using the modified Poisson and Nernst-Planck equations by considering a charged PVA layer in a nanochannel. The system presented offers a new avenue toward the exploitation of high-performance and safe osmotic power generators. ? 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85076012112&doi=10.1039%2fc9ta10028h&partnerID=40&md5=de0b2bd212f0ba37c824fac68256c1e7 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/581593 |
ISSN: | 20507488 | DOI: | 10.1039/c9ta10028h |
顯示於: | 化學工程學系 |
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