(398ay) Electrical Energy Generation Via Reversible Chemical Doping on Carbon Nanotube Fibers | AIChE

(398ay) Electrical Energy Generation Via Reversible Chemical Doping on Carbon Nanotube Fibers

Authors 

Liu, A. - Presenter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kunai, Y., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Liu, P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cottrill, A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Strano, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chemically modified carbon nanotube fibers enable unique power sources driven entirely by a chemical potential gradient. Electrical current (11.9 μA mg−1) and potential (525 mV) are reversibly produced by localized acetonitrile doping under ambient conditions. An inverse length-scaling of the maximum power as L−1.03 that creates specific powers as large as 30.0 kW kg−1 highlights the potential for microscale energy generation.