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Thermo-driven nanofluidic electrokinetic converter

A charged track-etched membrane between hot and cold reservoirs; thermo-osmotic flow through the nanochannels carries the double-layer counter-ions, giving a streaming current that rises with the temperature difference (Zhao et al. 2020, 14 nA at ΔT = 47.5 °C over 0.5 cm²; electrical power computed, not delivered to a load).

K4 · experimentally observedalso: thermo-osmotic streaming-current membrane

Atlas record: 2 claims reference this transducer — 2 demonstrated.

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Thermo-osmosis—implemented by→Thermo-driven nanofluidic electrokinetic converterdemonstrated
Streaming potential—implemented by→Thermo-driven nanofluidic electrokinetic converterdemonstrated

Cited sources · 1

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    X. Zhao et al.. pH-regulated thermo-driven nanofluidics for nanoconfined mass transport and energy conversion (2020)
    Nanoscale Advances 2, 4070–4076 · doi:10.1039/D0NA00429D · crossref ✓ 2026-09-20 · record

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