Recent advances in carbon nanotube‐based energy harvesting technologies

X Hu, X Bao, M Zhang, S Fang, K Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There has been enormous interest in technologies that generate electricity from ambient
energy such as solar, thermal, and mechanical energy, due to their potential for providing …

Bioinspired nanomaterials for wearable sensing and human-machine interfacing

V Kashyap, J Yin, X **ao, J Chen - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The inculcation of bioinspiration in sensing and human-machine interface (HMI)
technologies can lead to distinctive characteristics such as conformability, low power …

[HTML][HTML] Self-powered infrared detector enabled by interfacial anchoring and thermal reinforcement

X Luo, W Li, L Yuan, G **e, Y Su - Nano Trends, 2024 - Elsevier
Pyroelectricity enables autonomous perception and remote detection in the field of infrared
sensor, human machine interfacing and virtual reality. However, the low pyroelectric …

Thermoelectric coupling effect in BNT-BZT-xGaN pyroelectric ceramics for low-grade temperature-driven energy harvesting

M Shen, K Liu, G Zhang, Q Li, G Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pyroelectric energy harvesting has received increasing attention due to its ability to convert
low-grade waste heat into electricity. However, the low output energy density driven by low …

Advances in bioinspired triboelectric nanogenerators

M Mayer, X **ao, J Yin, G Chen, J Xu… - Advanced Electronic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have quickly become one of the most popular
mechanisms for harvesting ambient mechanical energy due to their simple design, facile …

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 …

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 …

Enhanced pyroelectric properties of BNT-xBNN lead-free ferroelectric ceramics for energy harvesting

L Hu, G Zhang, Y Zhang, W Zhang, H Wang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyroelectric energy harvesting has been explored to obtain high room temperature
pyroelectric coefficient (p) along with high depolarization temperature (T d) for the practical …

Highly efficient, eco-friendly, flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators based on MA2CuCl4 NPs embedded into a zein matrix

YH Lee, M Li, Y Kim, JH Park, KH Yoo, TW Kim - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Eco-friendly, piezoelectric MA 2 CuCl 4-zein nanocomposites (NCs) are fabricated using the
sol-gel method in which lead-free halide perovskite MA 2 CuCl 4 nanoparticles (NPs) are …

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 …