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[Adv. Mater.] Atmospheric Hygroscopic Ionogels with Dynamically Stable Cooling Interfaces Enable a Durable Thermoelectric Performance Enhancement
writer:Feng Ni, Peng Xiao,* Chang Zhang, Wei Zhou, Depeng Liu, Shiao-Wei Kuo, and Tao Chen*
keywords:atmospheric water harvesting, dynamically stable cooling interfaces, evaporative cooling, hygroscopic ionogels, thermoelectric performance enhancement
source:期刊
specific source:Adv. Mater. 2021, 2103937
Issue time:2021年
In thermoelectric generator (TEG) systems, heat dissipation from their cold sides is an accessible, low-cost, and effective way to increase the temperature gap for their thermoelectric performance enhancement. Although significant efforts have been dedicated mediated by hygroscopic hydrogel coolers as self-sustained alternatives for effective heat removal, it still remains a challenge for overcoming instabilities in their cooling process. The inevitable mechanical deformation of these conventional hydrogels induced by excessive water desorption may cause a detached cooling interface with the targeted substrates, leading to undesirable cooling failure. Herein, a self-sustained and durable evaporative cooling approach for TEG enabled by atmospheric hygroscopic ionogels (RIGs) with stable interfaces to efficiently improve its thermoelectric performance is proposed. Owing to its superior hygroscopicity, the RIGs can achieve higher heat dissipation for TEG through water evaporation than that of common commercial metal heat sinks. Moreover, its favorable adhesion enables the RIG closely interact with the TEG surface either in static or dynamic conditions for a durable thermoelectric performance enhancement. It is believed that such a self-sustained evaporative cooling strategy based on the RIG will have great implications for the enhancement of TEG’s efficiency, demonstrating a great promise in intermittent thermal-energy utilizations.