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 …

Electricity generation from phase transitions between liquid and gaseous water

B Shao, Y Song, Z Song, Y Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ubiquitous and spontaneous phase transitions between liquid and gaseous water
contain substantial energy that can be harvested by emerging hydrovoltaic technologies …

Harness high-temperature thermal energy via elastic thermoelectric aerogels

H Li, Z Ding, Q Zhou, J Chen, Z Liu, C Du, L Liang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Despite notable progress in thermoelectric (TE) materials and devices, develo** TE
aerogels with high-temperature resistance, superior TE performance and excellent elasticity …

All-in-one polymer sponge composite 3D evaporators for simultaneous high-flux solar-thermal desalination and electricity generation

Y Xu, J Xu, J Zhang, X Li, B Fu, C Song, W Shang… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar-thermal evaporation of seawater holds the potential for coproduction of freshwater and
electricity, but conventional assembled bilayer two-dimensional (2D) evaporators often …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging design principles, materials, and applications for moisture-enabled electric generation

Z Sun, X Wen, L Wang, D Ji, X Qin, J Yu… - EScience, 2022 - Elsevier
Smart generators that collect energy from the ambient environment are a new approach for
meeting growing global energy needs. Moisture is one of the most abundant resources in …

Recent development of moisture‐enabled‐electric nanogenerators

P Guan, R Zhu, G Hu, R Patterson, F Chen, C Liu… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Power generation by converting energy from the ambient environment has been considered
a promising strategy for develo** decentralized electrification systems to complement the …

Rapid preparation of a self-adhesive PAA ionic hydrogel using lignin sulfonate–Al 3+ composite systems for flexible moisture-electric generators

J Zhang, J Zhuang, L Lei, Y Hou - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogels have great potential in flexible moisture-induced electricity generators (MEGs)
due to their excellent water-capturing capability and ionic conductivity. However …

Silicon nanowire/ionic hydrogel-based hybrid moist-electric generators with enhanced voltage output and operational stability

W Duan, B Shao, Z Wang, K Ni, S Liu, X Yuan… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Moist electric generators (MEGs) are promising portable power sources for harvesting
energy from atmospheric moisture. However, the lack of an efficient device design and the …

A core–shell fiber moisture-driven electric generator enabled by synergetic complex coacervation and built-in potential

G Zan, W Jiang, HY Kim, K Zhao, S Li, K Lee… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Moisture-driven electricity generators (MEGs) have been extensively researched; however,
high-performance flexible variants have seldom been demonstrated. Here we present a …

Advanced Design of High‐Performance Moist‐Electric Generators

Y Cao, B Xu, Z Li, H Fu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, a rapidly growing demand is witnessed for energy‐conversion technologies.
The moisture‐electric generators (MEGs) which can generate electricity without need of …