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Flexible organic photo-thermogalvanic cell for low power applications
Flexible organic photo-thermogalvanic cell for low power applications
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer New York LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- In this paper, we report an organic semiconductor based flexible thermogalvanic cell for conversion of heat and light energy into electric power. This thermogalvanic cell has been fabricated using a eco-friendly, affordable and commercially available organic material known as an orange dye (C17H17N5O2), which is soluble in water. The thermogalvanic cell consists of a Carbon/aqueous solution of orange dye/Carbon structure. The cell contains a flexible polymer tube casing, filled with a 5 wt% organic semiconductor orange dye aqueous solution and carbon-electrodes. Gradient of temperature (ΔT) up to 28 K was created by low power electric heater and up to 6 K by illumination. It was found that at ΔT = 8 K, the open-circuit voltage (V oc ), short-circuit current (I sc ) and Seebeck coefficient were in the range of −(31–32) mV, −(2.6–2.7) µA and −(3.8–3.9) mV/K, respectively. The thermogalvanic cell holds the promise of potential use in low-power applications (e.g. medical) and temperature gradient measurement. This publication was made possible by PDRA Grant No. PDRA1-0117-14109 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation). The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors. Scopus
- Subjects :
- Open circuit voltage
Materials science
Gradient of temperature
Analytical chemistry
Citrus fruits
Nanotechnology
02 engineering and technology
Low power application
010402 general chemistry
Filled polymers
01 natural sciences
Seebeck coefficient
Thermoelectric effect
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electrodes
chemistry.chemical_classification
Aqueous solution
Eco-friendly
Flexible polymers
Open-circuit voltage
Thermogalvanic cell
Polymer
Carbon electrode
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
Organic materials
Electric power
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
0104 chemical sciences
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Organic semiconductor
Solutions
chemistry
Thermogalvanic cells
Electrode
0210 nano-technology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01171410
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3bfdd5100abd0771be75776ed6636213