| Grant number: | 19/05569-8 |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International |
| Start date: | August 31, 2019 |
| End date: | September 18, 2019 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry |
| Agreement: | CONFAP ; Newton Fund, with FAPESP as a partner institution in Brazil ; UK Academies |
| Principal Investigator: | Luís Francisco Moreira Gonçalves |
| Grantee: | Luís Francisco Moreira Gonçalves |
| Visiting researcher: | Leigh Aldous |
| Visiting researcher institution: | King's College London, England |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
Abstract
Thermoelectrochemistry is a simple, scalable technique for the direct electrochemical conversion of thermal energy into useful electricity. It is driven by the entropy change associated with a redox process, resulting in a temperature dependence of the electrode potential. The greater this dependence the more efficient the power generation through this method. If there is a temperature difference between two identical electrodes, this difference can be converted into electricity using electrochemistry; such systems are ideal for harvesting low-grade heat that would otherwise go to waste. (AU)
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