Hydrovoltaic technology: from mechanism to applications

X Wang, F Lin, X Wang, S Fang, J Tan, W Chu… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Water is a colossal reservoir of clean energy as it adsorbs thirty-five percent of solar energy
reaching the Earth's surface. More than half of the adsorbed energy turns into latent heat for …

Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms

DR Lovley, DE Holmes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Electroactive microorganisms markedly affect many environments in which they establish
outer-surface electrical contacts with other cells and minerals or reduce soluble extracellular …

Bioinspired asymmetric amphiphilic surface for triboelectric enhanced efficient water harvesting

S Zhang, M Chi, J Mo, T Liu, Y Liu, Q Fu, J Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The effective acquisition of clean water from atmospheric water offers a potential sustainable
solution for increasing global water and energy shortages. In this study, an asymmetric …

Electrochemical humidity sensor enabled self-powered wireless humidity detection system

M Zhang, Z Duan, B Zhang, Z Yuan, Q Zhao, Y Jiang… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Humidity sensor has important applications in environmental and physiological monitoring.
With the emergence of self-powered sensor systems, develo** self-powered wireless …

Flexible photonic radiative cooling films: Fundamentals, fabrication and applications

W **e, C **ao, Y Sun, Y Fan, B Zhao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photonic structures designed at sub‐wavelength scales have emerged as a promising
avenue for various energy applications, including cooling devices, water harvesting …

MXenes for energy harvesting

Y Wang, T Guo, Z Tian, K Bibi, YZ Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Energy harvesting modules play an increasingly important role in the development of
autonomous self‐powered microelectronic devices. MXenes (ie, 2D transition metal …

Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

Moisture‐enabled electricity from hygroscopic materials: a new type of clean energy

T Xu, X Ding, H Cheng, G Han, L Qu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Water utilization is accompanied with the development of human beings, whereas gaseous
moisture is usually regarded as an underexploited resource. The advances of highly efficient …

Moisture adsorption-desorption full cycle power generation

H Wang, T He, X Hao, Y Huang, H Yao, F Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Environment-adaptive power generation can play an important role in next-generation
energy conversion. Herein, we propose a moisture adsorption-desorption power generator …

Humidity-tolerant moisture-driven energy generator with mxene aerogel–organohydrogel bilayer

K Zhao, JW Lee, ZG Yu, W Jiang, JW Oh, G Kim… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Free-standing and film-type moisture-driven energy generators (MEGs) that harness the
preferential interaction of ionized moisture with hydrophilic materials are interesting because …