Charging-free thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle for electricity generation from daytime solar heat and nighttime darkness
Hang Zhang, Cheng‐Wei Qiu, Qing Wang
Abstract
The extensive exploration of energy conversion harvested from the environment into electricity is recently driven by the significant demand to power off-grid electronics, particularly Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors. This highlight previews the latest advance of a charging-free thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle (TREC) for continuous electricity generation from solar heat and darkness with the aid of dual-mode thermal regulations. Such a spontaneous all-day electricity generation with high power and efficiency shows great potential for powering a wide range of distributed electronics for IoT and other applications.
Topics & Concepts
ElectricityElectricity generationElectronicsElectrical engineeringEnvironmental scienceAutomotive engineeringPower electronicsEngineering physicsProcess engineeringMaterials sciencePower (physics)EngineeringPhysicsQuantum mechanicsVoltageAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics