Plasmonic‐pyroelectric materials and structures

Q Wang, CR Bowen, VK Valev - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With the growing global energy crisis, research into new energy materials that can
potentially transfer heat into electricity has become a worldwide imperative. Pyroelectric …

Accelerated pyro-catalytic hydrogen production enabled by plasmonic local heating of Au on pyroelectric BaTiO3 nanoparticles

H You, S Li, Y Fan, X Guo, Z Lin, R Ding… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The greatest challenge that limits the application of pyro-catalytic materials is the lack of
highly frequent thermal cycling due to the enormous heat capacity of ambient environment …

A simple and universal strategy to deposit Ag/polypyrrole on various substrates for enhanced interfacial solar evaporation and antibacterial activity

Y Xu, J Ma, Y Han, H Xu, Y Wang, D Qi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar-driven distillation is now considered as a rising technology for the supply of fresh
water in the rare areas. As the crucial part of solar distillation, photothermal materials have …

Phase transition enhanced pyroelectric nanogenerators for self-powered temperature sensors

H Li, CR Bowen, Y Yang - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Pyroelectric materials are of interest for waste heat utilization and thermal detection.
However, the low output current and inefficiency reduces their effectiveness. Here, we utilize …

Integrated Photothermal‐Pyroelectric Biosensor for Rapid and Point‐of‐Care Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Convergence of Theoretical Research and …

Z Yu, H Gong, Y Gao, L Li, F Xue, Y Zeng, M Li, X Liu… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) survivors face a high risk of mortality as a result of
increasing heart failure and irreparable myocardial injury. New portable methods for …

Pyroelectric Janus nanomotors to promote cell internalization and synergistic tumor therapy

J Meng, K Wei, S **e, Z Zhang, P Ran, P Zhang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
The tumor diffusion and cell internalization are the major obstacles to improving delivery
efficacy of therapeutic agents. External electric fields have shown strong effect on the cell …

Improving waste heat harvesting using pyroelectric ceramics

Q Wang, Q Sun, Z Xu, H Luo, S Li, T Wu - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024 - Elsevier
The utilization of pyroelectric materials for harvesting low-grade thermal energy from the
surroundings has attracted widespread interest. However, low output performance remains …

Pyroelectric Janus nanomotors for synergistic electrodynamic-photothermal-antibiotic therapies of bacterial infections

J Meng, P Zhang, Q Liu, P Ran, S **e, J Wei, X Li - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibacterial electrotherapy is currently activated by external electric field or self-powered
generators, but usually needs complicated power management circuits. Herein, near …

Pyroelectrically Driven Charge Transfer and its Advantages on SERS and Self‐Cleaning Property

Y Wu, T Sun, M Shao, C Ji, C Li… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The fabrication of reusable SERS substrates with sensitivity at the single‐molecule level
remains challenging but promising. Herein, a composite surface‐enhanced Raman …

Laser‐processed lithium niobate wafer for pyroelectric sensor

D **n, J Han, W Song, W Han, M Wang, Z Li, Y Zhang… - InfoMat, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
During the past few decades, pyroelectric sensors have attracted extensive attention due to
their prominent features. However, their effectiveness is hindered by low electric output. In …