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Nanofluidics for Giant Power Harvesting
Author(s) -
Zhang Li,
Chen Xiaodong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201302707
Subject(s) - nanofluidics , energy harvesting , renewable energy , osmotic power , power (physics) , current (fluid) , fluid motion , boron nitride , nanotechnology , electricity generation , streaming current , engineering physics , process engineering , environmental science , materials science , electrical engineering , engineering , mechanics , chemistry , physics , forward osmosis , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , membrane , reverse osmosis , electrokinetic phenomena
Nanochannels for power generation : The confinement of fluid motion in a single boron nitride nanotube can provide an efficient means of power harvesting owing to the osmotically driven streaming current under a salt concentration difference (see picture). Devices based on this principle may open a new avenue in the exploration for new sources of renewable energy.