Energy-harvesting system applications

Graphene-based ECP nanocomposites have found application in energy harvesting systems such as thermoelectric generators. For example, PEDOT PSS/graphene nanocomposite films have shown a power factor of 45.7 pWm K when used in an organic thermoelectric device [80]. 

The majority of the work is focused on the use of polysoaps in micellar catalysis [482-484], in particular as models for esterases [57, 71, 136-140, 332, 361]. In addition, the catalytic activities in diverse other model reactions were investigated [141, 200, 211, 308, 317, 333, 361, 463, 464, 485-487]. Various photochemical systems for energy harvesting [183, 217, 259], or for charge separation [217,257-259,263] can be subsumed by applications of polysoaps in catalysis as well. Frequently, enhanced catalytic activity is observed compared to micelles of low molecular weight surfactants [113, 200, 258, 361, 485, 487]. 

The author, in association with W. J. Oswald, over the past four years has studied lower cost algal production and harvesting systems for application to both wastewater treatment and energy production (26-28). The research has concentrated on the problems of microalgal harvesting and species control in experimental and pilot-scale sewage high-rate pond systems. The first... 

The other research area involves developing IPMC applications. So far the focus has been mostly on actuators, artificial muscles, and sensors. For instance, Nafion-based accelerometers have been used as vibration sensors [Sadeghipour et al. (1992)], and IPMCs have been used as micropumps [Guo et al. (1996)]. Researchers introduced the possibility of using IPMCs as artificial muscles in robots [Shahinpoor et al. (1998)] and as energy harvesters for battery charging systems [Dogruer et al. (2007)]. 

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