Thermal electrochemical cell
AssigneeJadavpur University
InventorsSukhen Das, Anindita Mondal, Papiya Nandy
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Abstract
Technologies are generally described for methods and systems for implementing a thermal electrochemical cell. Some example electrochemical cells described herein may comprise a first container including a first electrode and an electrolyte effective to receive electrons from the first electrode. Some electrochemical cells may further comprise a second container including a second electrode and an aqueous suspension including zinc oxide nanoparticles. Some electrochemical cells may also further comprise a contact member in between the first container and the second container.
Claims11
An electrochemical cell comprising:
- a first container including a first electrode positioned within a liquid electrolyte, the electrolyte effective to receive electrons from the first electrode;
- a second container including a second electrode positioned within an aqueous suspension including zinc oxide particles, wherein the included zinc oxide particles consist of uncoated zinc oxide nanoparticles;
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- a contact member in between the first container and the second container, the contact member ionically coupling the first and second containers.
An electrochemical cell comprising:
- a first container including a first electrode positioned within a liquid electrolyte, the electrolyte effective to receive electrons from the first electrode;
- a second container including a second electrode positioned within an aqueous suspension including zinc oxide particles, wherein the included zinc oxide particles consist of uncoated zinc oxide nanoparticles;
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- a contact member in between the first container and the second container, the contact member ionically coupling the first and second containers, wherein the electrochemical cell is a thermal electrochemical cell configured to produce an output voltage in response to received heat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.