Chemiosomotic flow in a soft conical nanopore: harvesting enhanced blue energy
Doyel Pandey, Pranab Kumar Mondal, Somchai Wongwises
Abstract
in the chosen configuration, we notice a counter-intuitive patterning of the ion transport for a certain span of pH, leading to diminishing power. To this end, we discuss the possible strategic avenues essentially to achieve a higher amount of power density. In order to achieve a desirable outcome within that pH zone, we employ two separate approaches intending to counter the underlying physics. Results reveal a great enhancement in the power density as well as in the efficiency even under the framework of both strategies proposed herein. Moreover, as shown, the window of solution pH has increased by three times, implicating the maximum power density mentioned above. We expect that the strategic procedure of augmented energy harvesting as discussed in this analysis can be of importance from the perspective of fabricating state-of-the-art nanodevices aimed at blue energy harvesting.