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Batteries for Efficient Energy Extraction from a Water Salinity Difference
Abstract
The salinity difference between seawater and river water is a renewable source of enormous entropic energy, but extracting it efficiently as a form of useful energy remains a challenge. Here we demonstrate a device called "mixing entropy battery", which can extract and store it as useful electrochemical energy. The battery, containing a Na(2-x)Mn(5)O(10) nanorod electrode, was shown to extract energy from real seawater and river water and can be applied to a variety of salt waters. We demonstrated energy extraction efficiencies of up to 74%. Considering the flow rate of river water into oceans as the limiting factor, the renewable energy production could potentially reach 2 TW, or ∼13% of the current world energy consumption. The mixing entropy battery is simple to fabricate and could contribute significantly to renewable energy in the future.
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- Authors
- La Mantia, F., Pasta, M., Deshazer, H. D., Logan, B. E., & Cui, Y.
- Venue
- Nano Letters
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2011-03-17
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1810-1813
- ISSN
- 1530-6984 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-6992
- OpenAlex
- W4242301921
- Cited by
- 367
- References
- 6
- FWCI
- 11.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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