Harnessing thermal waste with a poling-free molecular pyroelectric zinc(<scp>ii</scp>) complex
Transforming abundant thermal energy into electrical energy is an essential and sustainable solution to meet the rapidly growing global energy demand. In this communication, we report an electrical poling-free molecular complex [Zn(bpy)<sub>3</sub>](ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>·H<sub>2</sub>O (1) with an appreciable pyroelectric coefficient value of 25 μC m<sup>-2</sup> K<sup>-1</sup>. This allowed us to harvest waste heat energy using a pyroelectric nanogenerator (PyG) device of 1, a relatively unexplored area for molecular complexes.
Authors
- Dipankar Mandal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2167-2706)
- Rajashi Haldar
- Maheswaran Shanmugam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9012-743X)
- Sudip Kumar Naskar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1588-4665)
- B. B. Jana
Institutions
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IN)
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology
Publication Details
- Journal
- Chemical Communications
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc06054g
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42
Funders
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- Science and Engineering Research Board
- Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences