Heat energy is among the most wasted energy in the environment which is available in an
ample quantity. So, develo** new technology for harvesting and detecting wasted thermal …

Identifying reliable and sustainable sources of electricity is a significant challenge of the
present time. However, most energy-generation mechanisms produce unavoidable low …

Pyroelectric materials are important functional materials that can generate an electrical
response upon a temperature change. Among the many different types of pyroelectric …

Thermal energy derived from temperature fluctuation is one of the most clean natural energy
sources in our living environment. Pyroelectric materials that feature for temperature …

As one of the most promising lead-free candidates, alkali niobate-based piezoelectric
ceramics have been investigated for more than fifty years due to their moderate …

Among the various forms of natural energies, heat is the most prevalent and least harvested
energy. Scavenging and detecting stray thermal energy for conversion into electrical energy …

The photopyroelectric effect in ferroelectrics has shown great potential for application in
infrared detection and imaging. One particular subclass is broadband with dielectric …

Photoferroelectrics, especially emerging halide perovskite ferroelectrics, have motivated
tremendous interests owing to their fascinating bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) and cross …

High-performance lead-free piezoelectric materials have become a hot topic in the field of
advanced functional materials. In 2009, the (1− x) Ba (Zr0. 2Ti0. 8) O3–x (Ba0. 7Ca0. 3) TiO3 …

BaCe x Ti 1− x O 3 (BCT) ceramics with compositions x= 0, 0.1, 0.12 and 0.15 were
synthesized using conventional solid state reaction route. Systematic exploration of …