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Direct conversion of the water adsorption energy to electricity on the surface of zirconia nanoparticles

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Based on the example of a nanopowder system ZrO2–3% mol Y2O3 with atmospheric humidity interaction, the possibility of exothermic heterophase electrochemical energy conversion to electric energy is shown. Electrical properties and structure of the experimental sample were studied under gradient molecular flux density of humidity during sample saturation. The idea of development of the novel chemo-electronic converter device based on nanoscale dielectrics as ZrO2–3% mol Y2O3 is proposed.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Dr. R.G. Nazmitdinov (JINR), Dr Y.B. Martynov and Dr. P.P. Gladyshev from Dubna State University, Dr N.A. Poklonsky (BSU) for discussion results. Results presented here received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodovska Curie Actions Grant agreement 691010, also JINR-Romania Cooperation Programme Project of 2018 Order no. 323/65, Project No. 323/21.05.2018 item 68 and RFBR Grant no. 17-52-45062.

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  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia

    A. S. Doroshkevich, E. B. Asgerov, A. Kh. Islamov, V. A. Turchenko, M. Balasoiu, A. I. Madadzada, Kh. T. Kholmurodov & V. I. Bodnarchuk

  2. Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering named after O.O. Galkin, Kiev, Ukraine

    A. S. Doroshkevich, A. V. Shylo & V. A. Turchenko

  3. National Center for Nuclear Research, Baku, Azerbaijan

    E. B. Asgerov & A. I. Madadzada

  4. i3N/CENIMAT, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, Caparica, Portugal

    A. I. Lyubchyk

  5. Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia

    A. I. Logunov & Kh. T. Kholmurodov

  6. Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering named after O.O. Galkin, Donetsk, Ukraine

    V. A. Glazunova

  7. National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies Cluj, Napoca, Romania

    V. Almasan & D. Lazar

  8. Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania

    M. Balasoiu

  9. Donetsk National University, Donetsk, Ukraine

    V. S. Doroshkevich

  10. Institute of Ion-Plasma and Laser Technologies named after U.A. Arifov Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    B. L. Oksengendler

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DAS—analysis of the results, preparation of the manuscript, development of the empirical mechanism of the chemo-electronic conversion effect. AEB—XRD experiment, mathematical processing of results, discussion of experimental results. ShAV—engineering of chemo-electronic device, preparing a manuscript, discussing the results of the experiment. LAI—SEM research of the samples, discussion of the experimental results. LAI—conducting electrical studies of samples, discussion of experimental results. GVA—TEM research samples, discussion of the experimental results. IAKh—comprehensive analysis of the results, analysis of the mechanism of the chemo-electronic conversion effect from the standpoint of the theory of polymolecular adsorption. TVA—XRD research of samples in vacuum, discussion of the results of the experiment. AV—comprehensive analysis of the results, discussion of the mechanisms of charge delivery to the electrodes. LD—comprehensive analysis of the results, discussion of the mechanisms of electron emission and charge delivery to electrodes. BM—development of an empirical mechanism for the effect of chemo-electronic conversion. DVS—production of nanopowders, development of methods for obtaining working suspensions for chemo-converters, discussion of the mechanism of the effect of chemo-electronic conversion from the standpoint of the theory of interfacial catalysis. MAI—conduct a literature review, discuss the results of the experiment experiment from the standpoint of physical chemistry. KKT—discussion of the mechanism of delivery of charge carriers to the electrodes from the standpoint of molecular dynamics. BVI—discussion of the mechanism of the chemo-electronic conversion effect as from the standpoint of the theory of catalysis on the surface of semiconductors, discussion of the results of the experiment. OBL—discussion of the empirical mechanism of the effect of chemo-electron conversion from the standpoint of band theory and the theory of nanofractality, discussion of the results of the experiment.

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Doroshkevich, A.S., Asgerov, E.B., Shylo, A.V. et al. Direct conversion of the water adsorption energy to electricity on the surface of zirconia nanoparticles. Appl Nanosci 9, 1603–1609 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-019-00979-6

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