在p-i-n连接碳纳米管热电发电机的均加热下,自生成的温度梯度
Oga Norimasa1, Ryota Tamai1, Hiroto Nakayama1
1Department of Materials Science, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan.
Scientific reports
|May 7, 2025
概括
单壁碳纳米管 (SWCNTs) 可以为物联网 (IoT) 传感器提供动力. 这些基于SWCNT的热电发电机 (TEG) 为发电创造了自己的温度梯度,即使采用均的加热.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 纳米技术 纳米技术
- 能源转换 能源转换
背景情况:
- 单壁碳纳米管 (SWCNTs) 是轻质,灵活且无毒的材料.
- SWCNT适用于热电发生器 (TEG),为物联网 (IoT) 传感器提供动力.
- 传统的TEG需要热源和冷源来发电.
研究的目的:
- 开发能够在没有冷源的情况下产生温度梯度的SWCNT-TEG.
- 调查SWCNT-TEG作为物联网设备的独立电源的可行性.
- 在均的加热条件下分析SWCNT-TEG的电力输出.
主要方法:
- 在聚胺板上使用p-i-n连接SWCNT薄膜制造SWCNT-TEG.
- 在制造的SWCNT-TEG中应用均加热.
- 在不同温度下测量输出电压,电流和功率.
- 分析自己生成的温度梯度背后的机制.
主要成果:
- 在均加热的情况下,SWCNT-TEGs成功生成了温度梯度.
- 输出电压和电流随着加热温度的增加而增加.
- 在370K时,SWCNT-TEG实现了2.3mV的输出电压,13.7μA的电流和7.7nW的最大输出功率.
- 与聚胺相比,SWCNT膜的光学吸收率更高导致了自我生成的温度梯度.
结论:
- SWCNT-TEG可以自主生成温度梯度,不需要冷源.
- 这些SWCNT-TEG为物联网传感器提供了可持续的电源解决方案.
- 简单地连接到热源可以实现独立发电.
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