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 …

The emerging chemistry of self-electrified water interfaces

F Galembeck, LP Santos, TAL Burgo… - Chemical Society …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Water is known for dissipating electrostatic charges, but it is also a universal agent of matter
electrification, creating charged domains in any material contacting or containing it. This new …

TiO2/FePS3 S‐Scheme Heterojunction for Greatly Raised Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

B **-type semiconductor–liquid generator utilizing water-bearing solid materials and hydrated biological tissues
Z Liu, S Lin, P Yang, S Qin, J Hu, X Chen - Energy & Environmental …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The charge generation due to the interaction between solids and liquids is an important
branch for microenergy collection. This work presents a wi**-type semiconductor–liquid …

Electricity generated by upstream proton diffusion in two-dimensional nanochannels

H **a, W Zhou, X Qu, W Wang, X Wang, R Qiao… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The movement of ions along the pressure-driven water flow in narrow channels, known as
downstream ionic transport, has been observed since 1859 to induce a streaming potential …

Self-sustained electricity generator driven by the compatible integration of ambient moisture adsorption and evaporation

J Tan, S Fang, Z Zhang, J Yin, L Li, X Wang… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Generating sustainable electricity from ambient humidity and natural evaporation has
attracted tremendous interest recently as it requires no extra mechanical energy input and is …

Moisture-driven energy generation by vertically structured polymer aerogel on water-collecting gel

K Zhao, S Li, G Zan, G Kim, W Jiang, JW Park, J Yoon… - Nano Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In the realm of energy harvesting, free-standing, film-type, moisture-driven electricity
generators (MEGs) based on polymer hydrogels with moisture-retaining capability are …

Materials for evaporation‐driven hydrovoltaic technology

C Zheng, W Chu, S Fang, J Tan… - Interdisciplinary …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Water constitutes the largest energy carrier on earth, absorbing more than 70% of the solar
energy received by the earth's surface, yet its low exploitation has been a constant concern …

Microbial biofilm-based hydrovoltaic technology

J Lü, G Ren, Q Hu, C Rensing, S Zhou - Trends in Biotechnology, 2023‏ - cell.com
Hydrovoltaic electricity generation (HEG) utilizes the latent environmental heat stored in
water, and subsequently harvests the electrical energy. However, sustainable HEG has …

Effect of surface pre-charging and electric field on the contact electrification between liquid and solid

Z Tang, S Lin, ZL Wang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Contact electrification at the solid–liquid interface is a ubiquitous phenomenon. In spite of
the extensive studies about its origin, it remains difficult to reveal the mechanism of charge …