Interface-mediated hygroelectric generator with an output voltage approaching 1.5 volts

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 4166 - 8
• Main Authors: Huang, Yaxin, Cheng, Huhu, Yang, Ce, Zhang, Panpan, Liao, Qihua, Yao, Houze, Shi, Gaoquan, Qu, Liangti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.10.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 140/133; 140/146; 142/136; 147/135; 147/3; 639/301/1005/1007; 639/638/298/917; Atmosphere; Electric potential; Electric power; Electric power generation; Electrical junctions; Electricity distribution; Electronic devices; Electronic equipment; Graphene; Heterogeneous structure; High voltage; High voltages; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Potential energy; Scaling; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Voltage; Water chemistry

Hygroelectricity is proposed as a means to produce electric power from air by absorbing gaseous or vaporous water molecules, which are ubiquitous in the atmosphere. Here, using a synergy between a hygroscopic bulk graphene oxide with a heterogeneous structure and interface mediation between electrod...