Thermally Resistive Electrospun Composite Membranes for Low-Grade Thermal Energy Harvesting

• Main Authors: Hasan, Syed Waqar, Said, Suhana Mohd, Sabri, Mohd Faizul Mohd, Jaffery, Hasan Abbas, Shuhaimi, Ahmad
• Format: Article
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2018
• Subjects: QC Physics; TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21931/; https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201700482

In this work, thermally insulating composite mats of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) blends are used as the separator membranes. The membranes improve the thermal-to-electrical energy conversion efficiency of a thermally driven electrochemical cell (i.e., thermocell) up...