The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $498,500 project grant to The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to develop a new type of material that can produce electrical energy from differences in temperature. Researchers from the Departments of Materials Science, Engineering, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at JHU are leading this 3-year project under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The project aims to synthesize and characterize cationic polymers with mobile counterions to better understand the anionic Seebeck effect, which drives the conversion of heat into stored electrical energy. This research has the potential for broad scientific impact in energy science, electrochemistry, and sustainable chemistry. The project also provides training opportunities for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students, including from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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