A review on ZnO: Fundamental properties and applications

DK Sharma, S Shukla, KK Sharma, V Kumar - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the semiconductor metal oxides, some semiconductor structures are identified for
their unique and vast potential applications in optoelectronic, field effect transistors, solar …

Recent advances in ZnO-based nanostructures for the photocatalytic degradation of hazardous, non-biodegradable medicines

KM Mohamed, JJ Benitto, JJ Vijaya, M Bououdina - Crystals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics are pervasive contaminants in aqueous systems that pose an environmental
threat to aquatic life and humans. Typically, antibiotics are developed to counteract bacterial …

High efficiency bi-harvesting light/vibration energy using piezoelectric zinc oxide nanorods for dye decomposition

J Ma, J Ren, Y Jia, Z Wu, L Chen, NO Haugen… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the bi-harvesting of light and vibration energy is realized in hydrothermally-
synthesized ZnO nanorods which is designed to achieve photo-/piezo-bi-catalysis for dye …

Piezoelectric nanogenerators–a review of nanostructured piezoelectric energy harvesters

J Briscoe, S Dunn - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
A huge number of piezoelectric materials have been demonstrated since the discovery of
piezoelectricity over a century ago. The use of nanostructured piezoelectrics, however, is a …

Energy harvesting from the animal/human body for self-powered electronics

C Dagdeviren, Z Li, ZL Wang - Annual review of biomedical …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Living subjects (ie, humans and animals) have abundant sources of energy in chemical,
thermal, and mechanical forms. The use of these energies presents a viable way to …

Towards self‐powered nanosystems: from nanogenerators to nanopiezotronics

ZL Wang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Develo** wireless nanodevices and nanosystems are of critical importance for sensing,
medical science, defense technology, and even personal electronics. It is highly desirable …

Mechanically powered transparent flexible charge-generating nanodevices with piezoelectric ZnO nanorods

MY Choi, D Choi, MJ **, I Kim, SH Kim… - Advanced …, 2009 - khu.elsevierpure.com
The creation of fully integrated ZnO 1D nanostructure-based piezoelectric charge-
generating devices suitable for use as transparent, flexible (TF) self-powered pressure …

Micro-scale to nano-scale generators for energy harvesting: Self powered piezoelectric, triboelectric and hybrid devices

S Chandrasekaran, C Bowen, J Roscow, Y Zhang… - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
This comprehensive review focuses on recent advances in energy harvesting of micro-scale
and nano-scale generators based on piezoelectric and triboelectric effects. The …

Oxide based triboelectric nanogenerators: Recent advances and future prospects in energy harvesting

S Potu, A Kulandaivel, B Gollapelli… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have gained significant attention as a viable solution
for energy harvesting, sensing, and self-powered systems. However, their effectiveness …

Control of electronic structure of graphene by various dopants and their effects on a nanogenerator

HJ Shin, WM Choi, D Choi, GH Han… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
It is essential to control the electronic structure of graphene in order to apply graphene films
for use in electrodes. We have introduced chemical dopants that modulate the electronic …