Review of thermally regenerative batteries based on redox reaction and distillation for harvesting low-grade heat as electricity

W Wang, H Tian, D Huo, G Shu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Low-grade thermal energy (< 100° C) is ubiquitous in nature and human activities,
and its enormous reserves and renewability make it significant to convert it into electricity …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in thermo-electrochemical (tec) cell performances for harvesting low-grade heat energy: A review

I Burmistrov, R Khanna, N Gorshkov, N Kiselev… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thermo-electrochemical cells (also known as thermocells, TECs) represent a promising
technology for harvesting and exploiting low-grade waste heat (< 100–150° C) ubiquitous in …

Efficient Low‐Grade Heat Conversion and Storage with an Activity‐Regulated Redox Flow Cell via a Thermally Regenerative Electrochemical Cycle

H Zhang, DG Lek, S Huang, YM Lee… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient and cost‐effective technologies are highly desired to convert the tremendous
amount of low‐grade waste heat to electricity. Although the thermally regenerative …

Aqueous eutectic hydrogel electrolytes enable flexible thermocells with a wide operating temperature range

P Peng, Z Li, D Xie, K Zhu, C Du, L Liang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermocells (TECs) can directly convert thermal energy into electricity via the
thermogalvanic effect of redox ions. The employment of hydrogel electrolytes allows for the …

System efficiency and power assessment of the all-aqueous copper thermally regenerative ammonia battery

NR Cross, MJ Rau, SN Lvov, CA Gorski, BE Logan… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermally regenerative ammonia batteries (TRABs) use low-temperature (T< 100° C) heat to
provide stationary energy and power with higher power densities and efficiency relative to …

Neutralization flow batteries in energy harvesting and storage

P Loktionov, R Pichugov, D Konev - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
First studies on electrochemical devices converting chemical energy of neutralization into
electricity–neutralization (or acid-base) flow batteries (NFB)-are dated 70s, but at the time …

A novel high-efficient continuous power generation device employing thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle

D He, X Tang, MA Rehan, Y Lu, G Li - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The significant attention garnered by thermally regenerative electrochemical cycles (TRECs)
is due to their remarkable heat to electricity efficiency in harnessing low-grade heat from …

Seebeck, Peltier, and Soret effects: On different formalisms for transport equations in thermogalvanic cells

S Kjelstrup, KR Kristiansen, AF Gunnarshaug… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Thermogalvanic cells convert waste heat directly to electric work. There is an abundance of
waste heat in the world and thermogalvanic cells may be underused. We discuss theoretical …

[HTML][HTML] Low-grade thermal energy harvesting and self-powered sensing based on thermogalvanic hydrogels

J Zhang, C Bai, Z Wang, X Liu, X Li, X Cui - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thermoelectric cells (TEC) directly convert heat into electricity via the Seebeck effect. Known
as one TEC, thermogalvanic hydrogels are promising for harvesting low-grade thermal …

Hydrocarbon-based membranes cost-effectively manage species transport and increase performance in thermally regenerative batteries

NR Cross, H Vazquez-Sanchez, MJ Rau, SN Lvov… - Electrochimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Low-temperature heat (T< 130° C) can be utilized by thermally regenerative
batteries (TRBs) for power production, allowing the thermal energy to be converted to …