ELECTRICITY FROM NANOMEMBRANE

Abstract

Tulachan et al. found that silk cocoon membrane can generate electrical current due to ionic conduction. We argue that the current is produced by osmosis as that in a commercial osmotic plant.

Dates

  • Submission Date2014-07-20
  • Acceptance Date2014-07-24
  • Online Date2015-01-04

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI1405720C

References

  1. Tulachan, B. et al., Electricity from the Silk Cocoon Membrane, Scientific Report 4 (2014), Rep. 4, Article number 5434
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