New Application of Chitosan Film as a Water Vapor Cell

Abstract:

This study is aimed at finding a new application of chitosan film in energy conversion material. A water vapor cell in a single chip form which consists of chitosan film on the top layer, patterned gold layer in the middle and isolator substrate in the bottom layer was manufactured and used to convert water vapor into electrical power by direct chemical interaction. When the water vapor was exposed onto chitosan film surface, the chitosan film resistance changed and as a consequence, the output voltage and current could be measured. The electrical power was significantly increased by combining several cells, namely twenty cells in series, twenty cells in parallel, twenty cells in series-parallel and twenty cells in parallel-series. It was found that twenty cells in series have the highest electrical power. Furthermore, the lifetime of a water vapor cell under water vapor exposure maintained until eight months. Therefore, chitosan film has evidenced a huge potential as energy conversion material to produce a water vapor panel in future.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 744)
• Pages: 339-345
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.744.339
• Online since: July 2017
• Authors: Tulus Ikhsan Nasution*, Muhammad Balyan, Irwana Nainggolan
• Keywords: Chitosan Film, Electrical Power, Energy Conversion Material, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Cell

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