Temperature gradient —drives→ Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle
The atlas records this claim as demonstrated: a temperature gradient drives the thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle under the conditions below.
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Conditions
- a battery chemistry whose open-circuit voltage changes with temperature by ≈ 1 mV/K
- charge at one temperature, discharge at the other, with heat recuperation between the two
Evidence · 1
- [1]S. W. Lee et al.. An electrochemical system for efficiently harvesting low-grade heat energy (2014)
Matrix cells this relation feeds
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Uses of this claim
- Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycledemonstrated · 3 steps
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · same energy form
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work1/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Beta particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work5/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Radioactive decay → Alpha particles → Radioisotope heating → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work5/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
Cite this claim
Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:trec-drives: Temperature gradient —drives→ Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/trec-drives
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