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Enhanced osmotic transport in individual double-walled carbon nanotube

Nature Communications, 2023
The transport of fluid and ions across nanotubes or nanochannels has attracted great attention due to the ultrahigh energy power density and slip length, with applications in water purification, desalination, energy conversion and even ion-based ...
Guandong Cui, Zhi Xu, Han Li, Shuchen Zhang, Luping Xu, Alessandro Siria, Ming Ma   +6 more
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Screening metal-organic frameworks for adsorption-driven osmotic heat engines via grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations and machine learning

iScience, 2021
Summary: Adsorption-driven osmotic heat engines offer an alternative way for harvesting low-grade waste heat below 80°C. In this study, we performed a high-throughput computational screening based on grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations to identify ...
Rui Long, Xiaoxiao Xia, Yanan Zhao, Song Li, Zhichun Liu, Wei Liu   +5 more
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Mechanically strong MXene/Kevlar nanofiber composite membranes as high-performance nanofluidic osmotic power generators

Nature Communications, 2019
Nanofluidic channels can capture osmotic energy from salinity gradients, but output power densities should be improved for practical applications. Here the authors report high-strength nanosheet/nanofiber composite membranes for harvesting osmotic energy
Zhen Zhang, Sheng Yang, Panpan Zhang, Jian Zhang, Guangbo Chen, Xinliang Feng   +5 more
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Feasibility of thin film nanocomposite membranes for clean energy using pressure retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis

Energy Nexus, 2022
Power generation from renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly significant as global energy consumption increases. The non-renewable energy sources we use now are on the verge of extinction.
Arvin Shadravan, Mahmood Amani, Anish Jantrania   +2 more
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The Combination of 2D Layered Graphene Oxide and 3D Porous Cellulose Heterogeneous Membranes for Nanofluidic Osmotic Power Generation

Molecules, 2021
Salinity gradient energy, as a type of blue energy, is a promising sustainable energy source. Its energy conversion efficiency is significantly determined by the selective membranes.
Pan Jia, Xinyi Du, Ruiqi Chen, Jinming Zhou, Marco Agostini, Jinhua Sun, Linhong Xiao   +6 more
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Performance analysis of the Thermo Osmotic Energy Conversion (TOEC) process for harvesting low-grade heat

Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2023
Low-grade heat energy from resources below 100 °C is readily available in massive quantities worldwide. However, existing technologies face challenges in converting this heat power into usable forms of energy, such as electricity.
Kazem Moradi, Masoud Rastgar, Pooria Karami, Afrouz Yousefi, Sadaf Noamani, Arman Hemmati, Mohtada Sadrzadeh   +6 more
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Optimization of voltage doublers for energy harvesting applications [PDF]

, 2013
Energy harvesting is increasingly enabling the expansion of wireless sensor networks in challenging applications by replacing batteries in low power sensors. Many forms of energy harvester suffer from low output voltage which can be partially compensated
Judd, Martin, Roscoe, Nina
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Hybrid energy harvesting enabled by a covalent organic framework membrane

Advanced Membranes
The integration of water and thermal energy harvesting presents a promising solution to the intermittency issues associated with individual energy sources.
Jiaming Yi, Zhuozhi Lai, Qing Guo, Zhiwei Xing, Qi Sun   +4 more
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Energy harvesting from vibrations with a nonlinear oscillator [PDF]

, 2009
In this paper we present a nonlinear electromagnetic energy harvesting device that has a broadly resonant response. The nonlinearity is generated by a particular arrangement of magnets in conjunction with an iron-cored stator.
Clare, Lindsay R., Lindsay R. Clare, Barton, Davi A W, Clare, LR, Barton, DAW, Burrow, Stephen G., Burrow, Stephen G, David A. W. Barton, Barton, David A.W., Clare, Lindsa, R., Burrow, SG, Stephen G. Burrow   +11 more
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Comparison of Energy Efficiency between Atmospheric Batch Pressure-Retarded Osmosis and Single-Stage Pressure-Retarded Osmosis

Membranes, 2023
Batch pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) with varied-pressure and multiple-cycle operation using a pressurized variable-volume tank has been proposed as a high-efficiency osmotic energy harvesting technology, but it suffers scalability constraints.
Dan Li, Zijing Mo, Qianhong She
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