[HTML][HTML] Porous ceramics: Light in weight but heavy in energy and environment technologies

Y Chen, N Wang, O Ola, Y **a, Y Zhu - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Benefitting from the combined properties of intrinsic ceramic materials and advanced porous
configuration, lightweight porous ceramics with porosity ranging from 2.3 to 99% and pore …

A review of energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials: state-of-the-art a decade later (2008–2018)

M Safaei, HA Sodano, SR Anton - Smart materials and structures, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Energy harvesting technologies have been explored by researchers for more than two
decades as an alternative to conventional power sources (eg batteries) for small-sized and …

Compositionally graded KNN‐based multilayer composite with excellent piezoelectric temperature stability

T Zheng, Y Yu, H Lei, F Li, S Zhang, J Zhu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The inherent disadvantage of lead‐free potassium sodium niobate (KNN)‐based ceramics is
the severe temperature instability of piezoelectric charge coefficient (d33) caused by the …

A review on piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, and magnetoelectric materials and device technologies for energy harvesting applications

F Narita, M Fox - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the coming era of the internet of things (IoT), wireless sensor networks that monitor, detect,
and gather data will play a crucial role in advancements in public safety, human healthcare …

A review on ZnO-based piezoelectric nanogenerators: Synthesis, characterization techniques, performance enhancement and applications

AT Le, M Ahmadipour, SY Pung - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
ZnO nanorods (NRs) have received a tremendous amount of attention in the last decade for
mechanical energy harvesting devices due to its outstanding semiconducting and …

An overview of lead-free piezoelectric materials and devices

H Wei, H Wang, Y **a, D Cui, Y Shi, M Dong… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Piezoelectric materials and devices have drawn extensive attention for energy harvesting
due to their excellent electromechanical conversion properties. With increasing concerns …

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 …

Porous ferroelectric materials for energy technologies: current status and future perspectives

M Yan, Z **ao, J Ye, X Yuan, Z Li, C Bowen… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferroelectric materials have attracted significant interest due to their wide potential in energy
harvesting, sensing, storage, and catalytic applications. For monolithic and dense …

Polymer‐/ceramic‐based dielectric composites for energy storage and conversion

H Wu, F Zhuo, H Qiao… - Energy & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric composites boost the family of energy storage and conversion materials as they
can take full advantage of both the matrix and filler. This review aims at summarizing the …

A systematic review of piezoelectric materials and energy harvesters for industrial applications

A Aabid, MA Raheman, YE Ibrahim, A Anjum, M Hrairi… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the last three decades, smart materials have become popular. The piezoelectric materials
have shown key characteristics for engineering applications, such as in sensors and …