Electric Power Generation through the Direct Interaction of Pristine Graphene-Oxide with Water Molecules

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Tong XuLiangti Qu

Abstract

Converting ubiquitous environmental energy into electric power holds tremendous social and financial interests. Traditional energy harvesters and converters are limited by the specific materials and complex configuration of devices. Herein, it is presented that electric power can be directly produced from pristine graphene oxide (GO) without any pretreatment or additives once encountering the water vapor, which will generate an open-circuit-voltage of up to 0.4-0.7 V and a short-circuit-current-density of 2-25 µA cm-2 on a single piece of GO film. This phenomenon results from the directional movement of charged hydrogen ions through the GO film. The present work demonstrates and provides an extremely simple method for electric energy generation, which offers more applications of graphene-based materials in green energy converting field.

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Oct 12, 2018·Nature Communications·Yaxin HuangLiangti Qu
Dec 14, 2018·Nature Nanotechnology·Zhuhua ZhangWanlin Guo
Sep 4, 2019·Nanoscale·Jiaxin BaiLiangti Qu
Jan 11, 2020·Frontiers in Chemistry·Jiangli XueLiye Xiao
May 28, 2021·Scientific Reports·Manpreet KaurTadaaki Nagao
Oct 17, 2019·ACS Nano·Tae Gwang YunIl-Doo Kim

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