Tandem Osmotic Engine Based on Hydrogel Particles with Antipolyelectrolyte and Polyelectrolyte Effect Fuelled by Both Salinity Gradient Modes
| Autor: | Dong Suk Han, Sifani Zavahir, Jan Tkac, Anjali Cheeramthodi Padmanabhan, Peter Kasak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Materials science
Polymers and Plastics Science energy recovery Bioengineering General. Including alchemy Methacrylate salinity gradient energy Article Biomaterials hydrogel antipolyelectrolyte effect polyelectrolyte effect QD1-65 medicine Polyelec-trolyte effect QD1-999 QD146-197 chemistry.chemical_classification Energy recovery Tandem Salinity gradient energy Organic Chemistry Antipolyelectrolyte effect Polymer Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel Chemistry chemistry Chemical engineering Self-healing hydrogels Particle size Swelling medicine.symptom Inorganic chemistry |
| Zdroj: | Gels Gels, Vol 7, Iss 232, p 232 (2021) Gels; Volume 7; Issue 4; Pages: 232 |
| ISSN: | 2310-2861 |
| Popis: | In this study, we propose a new approach to attain energy by salinity gradient engines with pistons based on hydrogels possessing polyelectrolyte and antipolyelectrolyte effects in a tandem arrangement, providing energy in each salinity gradient mode in a repeatable manner. The swelling of hydrogel with a polyelectrolyte effect and shrinking of hydrogel particles possessing an antipoly-electrolyte effect in desalinated water, and subsequent shrinking of hydrogel with polyelectrolyte and swelling of hydrogel antipolyelectrolyte effect in saline water, generate power in both increasing and decreasing salinity modes. To investigate the energy recovery, we scrutinized osmotic engine assemblies by a setup arrangement of pistons with hydrogel particles, with polyelectrolyte and antipolyelectrolyte effects, in tandem. The energy recovery from the tandem engine setup (calculated based on dry form for each polyelectrolyte polyacrylate-based hydrogel-SPA) and antipolyelectrolyte– sulfobetaine-based gel with methacrylate polymeric backbone-SBE) up to 581 J kg−1 and a mean power of 0.16 W kg−1 was obtained by the tandem setup of SPA and SBE hydrogel containing 3% crosslinking density and particle size of 500 microns with an external load of 3.0 kPa. Exchange of sulfobetaine with methacrylamide (SBAm), the main polymer backbone, revealed a positive increase in energy recovery of 670 J kg−1 with a mean power of 0.19 W kg−1 for the tandem system operating under the same parameters (SPA@SBAm). The energy recovery can be controlled, modulated and tuned by selecting both hydrogels with antipolyelectrolyte and polyelectrolyte effects and their performing parameters. This proof of concept provides blue energy harvesting by contributing both polyelectrolyte and antipolyelectrolyte effects in a single tandem setup; together with easy accessibility (diaper-based materials (SPA)) and known antibiofouling, these properties offer a robust alternative for energy harvesting. - Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) - grant # NPRP13S-0202-200228. - Qatar University grant #IRCC-2020-004. |
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