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Polyoxometalates for continuous power generation by atmospheric humidity

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Atmospheric humidity is a sustainable low-value energy widely existing in natural environment, which is a promising candidate to solve the noncontinuous and low efficiency of low-value energy power generation. Here the mono-substituted Dawson-type polyoxometalates are constructed to be highly dispersed organic ammonium-polyoxoanion clusters and are assembled into thin films power generators with micropores, working in atmospheric humidity. The optimal polyoxometalates generator with the thickness of 7.2 µm and the area of 0.36 cm2 produces a voltage of 0.68 V and a current density of 19.5 µA·cm−2 under simulated natural environment, and works continuously and stably under almost all-natural environments (humidity 10%–90%). The highly dispersed polyoxometalate nanoclusters can form microporous in polyoxometalate films to effectively absorb atmospheric humidity and spontaneously form distribution gradient of water, which is the structural basis of power generation. The continuous power generation may be maintained by the effective adsorption and utilization of H2O, the huge electrostatic field of organic ammonium-polyoxoanion clusters, and the reasonably designed polyoxometalates containing inorganic small ions with high mobility. It is the first humidity generator designed with polyoxometalates, which may provide a new research direction for polyoxometalates in sustainable utilization of low-value energy.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22271042 and 21871041), the Science and Technology Research Project of the Education Department of Jilin Province (No. JJKH20211286KJ), and the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province (No. 20180101298JC).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China

    Tuo Ji & Weilin Chen

  2. Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices Department, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Zhenhui Kang

  3. Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, 999078, China

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  4. Institute of Functional State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China

    Liming Zhang

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Ji, T., Chen, W., Kang, Z. et al. Polyoxometalates for continuous power generation by atmospheric humidity. Nano Res. 17, 1875–1885 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5959-5

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