Carbon nanotube-guided thermopower waves
Thermopower waves are a new concept for the direct conversion of chemical to electrical energy. A nanowire with large axial thermal diffusivity can accelerate a self-propagating reaction wave using a fuel coated along its length. The reaction wave drives electrical carriers in a thermopower wave, cr...
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| author | Choi, Wonjoon Abrahamson, Joel T. Strano, Jennifer M. Strano, Michael S. Wonjoon, Choi |
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| description | Thermopower waves are a new concept for the direct conversion of chemical to electrical energy. A nanowire with large axial thermal diffusivity can accelerate a self-propagating reaction wave using a fuel coated along its length. The reaction wave drives electrical carriers in a thermopower wave, creating a high-power pulse of as much as 7 kW/kg in experiments using carbon nanotubes. We review nanomaterials designed to overcome limitations of thermoelectricity and explore the emerging scientific and practical outlook for devices using thermopower waves. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/960922022-10-01T01:31:22Z Carbon nanotube-guided thermopower waves Choi, Wonjoon Abrahamson, Joel T. Strano, Jennifer M. Strano, Michael S. Wonjoon, Choi Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Wonjoon, Choi Abrahamson, Joel T. Strano, Jennifer M. Strano, Michael S. Thermopower waves are a new concept for the direct conversion of chemical to electrical energy. A nanowire with large axial thermal diffusivity can accelerate a self-propagating reaction wave using a fuel coated along its length. The reaction wave drives electrical carriers in a thermopower wave, creating a high-power pulse of as much as 7 kW/kg in experiments using carbon nanotubes. We review nanomaterials designed to overcome limitations of thermoelectricity and explore the emerging scientific and practical outlook for devices using thermopower waves. 2015-03-19T19:36:56Z 2015-03-19T19:36:56Z 2010-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 13697021 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96092 Choi, Wonjoon, Joel T. Abrahamson, Jennifer M. Strano, and Michael S. Strano. “Carbon Nanotube-Guided Thermopower Waves.” Materials Today 13, no. 10 (October 2010): 22–33. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2944-808X en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1369-7021(10)70183-8 Materials Today Creative Commons Attribution http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ application/pdf Elsevier B.V. Elsevier |
| spellingShingle | Choi, Wonjoon Abrahamson, Joel T. Strano, Jennifer M. Strano, Michael S. Wonjoon, Choi Carbon nanotube-guided thermopower waves |
| title | Carbon nanotube-guided thermopower waves |
| title_full | Carbon nanotube-guided thermopower waves |
| title_fullStr | Carbon nanotube-guided thermopower waves |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon nanotube-guided thermopower waves |
| title_short | Carbon nanotube-guided thermopower waves |
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