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ArticleNature communications2022

Sustainable power generation for at least one month from ambient humidity using unique nanofluidic diode.

Yong Zhang, Tingting Yang, Kedong Shang, Fengmei Guo, Yuanyuan Shang, Shulong Chang, Licong Cui, Xulei Lu, Zhongbao Jiang, Jian Zhou and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Yong ZhangTribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1720-8839
Tingting YangTribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, PR China. tingtingyang@swjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6773-8438
Kedong ShangTribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2294-0322
Fengmei GuoKey Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7472-3795
Yuanyuan ShangKey Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2466-5720
Shulong ChangKey Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4593-9567
Licong CuiTribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9609-3827
Xulei LuTribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6059-8145
Zhongbao JiangTribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6927-1595
Jian ZhouTribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8368-3454
Chunqiao FuTribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, PR China.
Qi-Chang HeTribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, PR China. qi-chang.he@u-pem.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-1929

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 11890673National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 51802293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The continuous energy-harvesting in moisture environment is attractive for the development of clean energy source. Controlling the transport of ionized mobile charge in intelligent nanoporous membrane systems is a promising strategy to develop the moisture-enabled electric generator. However, existing designs still suffer from low output power density. Moreover, these devices can only produce short-term (mostly a few seconds or a few hours, rarely for a few days) voltage and current output in the ambient environment. Here, we show an ionic diode-type hybrid membrane capable of continuously generating energy in the ambient environment. The built-in electric field of the nanofluidic diode-type PN junction helps the selective ions separation and the steady-state one-way ion charge transfer. This directional ion migration is further converted to electron transportation at the surface of electrodes via oxidation-reduction reaction and charge adsorption, thus resulting in a continuous voltage and current with high energy conversion efficiency.

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PMCPMC9203740

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