Emerging Energy Harvesting Technology for Electro/Photo-Catalytic Water Splitting Application

Hybrid Smart Fiber with Spontaneous Self‐Charging Mechanism for Sustainable Wearable Electronics

(2020) Yuljae Cho et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Advances in Piezo‐Phototronic Effect Enhanced Photocatalysis and Photoelectrocatalysis

(2020) Lun Pan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

III–V Semiconductor Materials for Solar Hydrogen Production: Status and Prospects

(2020) Julie Tournet et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Solar water splitting under natural concentrated sunlight using a 200 cm2 photoelectrochemical-photovoltaic device

(2020) António Vilanova et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Multiphoton Absorption Stimulated Metal Chalcogenide Quantum Dot Solar Cells under Ambient and Concentrated Irradiance

(2020) Bo Hou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Demonstration of Enhanced Piezo-Catalysis for Hydrogen Generation and Water Treatment at the Ferroelectric Curie Temperature

(2020) Pham Thi et al.   iScience

Piezopotential-driven simulated electrocatalytic nanosystem of ultrasmall MoC quantum dots encapsulated in ultrathin N-doped graphene vesicles for superhigh H2 production from pure water

(2020) Wenhui Feng et al.   Nano Energy

Pyroelectric catalysis

(2020) Chunyang Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Energy Spotlight

(2020) Marina S. Leite et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Solar-driven, highly sustained splitting of seawater into hydrogen and oxygen fuels

(2019) Yun Kuang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of polarization in photocatalysis

(2019) Fang Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enhanced catalytic performance by multi-field coupling in KNbO3 nanostructures: Piezo-photocatalytic and ferro-photoelectrochemical effects

(2019) Dongfang Yu et al.   Nano Energy

Pyro-electrolytic water splitting for hydrogen generation

(2019) Yan Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

Harvesting the Vibration Energy of BiFeO3 Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution

(2019) Huilin You et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

New approach to waste-heat energy harvesting: pyroelectric energy conversion

(2019) Shishir Pandya et al.   NPG Asia Materials

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

(2019) Jiangping Ma et al.   Nano Energy

Effect of Controlled Oxygen Vacancy on H 2 ‐Production through the Piezocatalysis and Piezophototronics of Ferroelectric R3C ZnSnO 3 Nanowires

(2019) Yu‐Chun Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Recent Advances in Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Using Nanoparticles

(2019) Jing Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Metal Halide Perovskites for Solar‐to‐Chemical Fuel Conversion

(2019) Jie Chen et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Recent Progress in Two‐Dimensional Ferroelectric Materials

(2019) Zhao Guan et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Polarization-Enhanced direct Z-scheme ZnO-WO3-x nanorod arrays for efficient piezoelectric-photoelectrochemical Water splitting

(2019) Ying Chen et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Imaging Metal Halide Perovskites Material and Properties at the Nanoscale

(2019) John M. Howard et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Few-layer transition metal dichalcogenides (MoS2, WS2, and WSe2) for water splitting and degradation of organic pollutants: Understanding the piezocatalytic effect

(2019) Shun Li et al.   Nano Energy

Magnetic-Induced-Piezopotential Gated MoS2 Field-Effect Transistor at Room Temperature

(2018) Yudong Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly efficient 470 W solar-to-hydrogen conversion system based on concentrator photovoltaic modules with dynamic control of operating point

(2018) Yasuyuki Ota et al.   Applied Physics Express

Hydrogen Production from Pure Water via Piezoelectric-assisted Visible-light Photocatalysis of CdS Nanorod Arrays

(2018) Yan Zhao et al.   ChemCatChem

Pyro-catalytic hydrogen evolution by Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 nanoparticles: harvesting cold–hot alternation energy near room-temperature

(2018) Xiaoli Xu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Pathways to electrochemical solar-hydrogen technologies

(2018) Shane Ardo et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Piezoelectric properties in two-dimensional materials: Simulations and experiments

(2018) Ronan Hinchet et al.   Materials Today

Room-temperature pyro-catalytic hydrogen generation of 2D few-layer black phosphorene under cold-hot alternation

(2018) Huilin You et al.   Nature Communications

Sustainable hybrid energy harvester based on air stable quantum dot solar cells and triboelectric nanogenerator

(2018) Yuljae Cho et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Triboelectric Nanogenerator Driven Self-Powered Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Based on Hematite Photoanodes

(2018) Aimin Wei et al.   ACS Nano

Piezoelectricity of atomically thin WSe2 via laterally excited scanning probe microscopy

(2018) Ehsan Nasr Esfahani et al.   Nano Energy

Enabling PIEZOpotential in PIEZOelectric Semiconductors for Enhanced Catalytic Activities

(2018) Mengye Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A critical review in strategies to improve photocatalytic water splitting towards hydrogen production

(2018) Nur Fajrina et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

A comprehensive review of flexible piezoelectric generators based on organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites

(2018) Venkatraju Jella et al.   Nano Energy

Pyroelectric energy harvesting for water splitting

(2017) Mengying Xie et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY

Charge Transport Modulation of a Flexible Quantum Dot Solar Cell Using a Piezoelectric Effect

(2017) Yuljae Cho et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Boosting Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting by TENG-Charged Li-Ion Battery

(2017) Tao Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Engineering spherical lead zirconate titanate to explore the essence of piezo-catalysis

(2017) Yawei Feng et al.   Nano Energy

Coupling of piezoelectric, semiconducting and photoexcitation properties in NaNbO 3 nanostructures for controlling electrical transport: Realizing an efficient piezo-photoanode and piezo-photocatalyst

(2017) Simrjit Singh et al.   Nano Energy

Recent Progress in Energy-Driven Water Splitting

(2017) Si Yin Tee et al.   Advanced Science

Direct solar-to-hydrogen conversion via inverted metamorphic multi-junction semiconductor architectures

(2017) James L. Young et al.   Nature Energy

Integration of Energy Harvesting and Electrochemical Storage Devices

(2017) Yu Zhong et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

High Piezo-photocatalytic Efficiency of CuS/ZnO Nanowires Using Both Solar and Mechanical Energy for Degrading Organic Dye

(2016) Deyi Hong et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Atomic-Sized Pores Enhanced Electrocatalysis of TaS2Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution

(2016) Hui Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Piezo-Catalytic Effect on the Enhancement of the Ultra-High Degradation Activity in the Dark by Single- and Few-Layers MoS2 Nanoflowers

(2016) Jyh Ming Wu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Protection of inorganic semiconductors for sustained, efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation

(2016) Michael F. Lichterman et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

The role of electronic coupling between substrate and 2D MoS2 nanosheets in electrocatalytic production of hydrogen

(2016) Damien Voiry et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Polarization-driven catalysis via ferroelectric oxide surfaces

(2016) Arvin Kakekhani et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Hydrogen production from renewable and sustainable energy resources: Promising green energy carrier for clean development

(2016) Seyed Ehsan Hosseini et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Ferroelectrics: A pathway to switchable surface chemistry and catalysis

(2016) Arvin Kakekhani et al.   SURFACE SCIENCE

Efficiency limits for photoelectrochemical water-splitting

(2016) Katherine T. Fountaine et al.   Nature Communications

Solar water splitting by photovoltaic-electrolysis with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency over 30%

(2016) Jieyang Jia et al.   Nature Communications

Water Splitting Progress in Tandem Devices: Moving Photolysis beyond Electrolysis

(2016) Kan Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Ferroelectric oxide surface chemistry: water splitting via pyroelectricity

(2016) Arvin Kakekhani et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Enhanced Ferroelectric Property of P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) Film Using Room-Temperature Crystallization for High-Performance Ferroelectric Device Applications

(2016) Yuljae Cho et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Beating the Efficiency of Photovoltaics-Powered Electrolysis with Tandem Cell Photoelectrolysis

(2016) Avner Rothschild et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Metal halide perovskites for energy applications

(2016) Wei Zhang et al.   Nature Energy

Highly Transparent Dual-Sensitized Titanium Dioxide Nanotube Arrays for Spontaneous Solar Water Splitting Tandem Configuration

(2015) Kahee Shin et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Self-Biased Hybrid Piezoelectric-Photoelectrochemical Cell with Photocatalytic Functionalities

(2015) Chuan Fu Tan et al.   ACS Nano

2D Transition-Metal-Dichalcogenide-Nanosheet-Based Composites for Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

(2015) Qipeng Lu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A 24.4% solar to hydrogen energy conversion efficiency by combining concentrator photovoltaic modules and electrochemical cells

(2015) Akihiro Nakamura et al.   Applied Physics Express

Design of electrocatalysts for oxygen- and hydrogen-involving energy conversion reactions

(2015) Yan Jiao et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Renewable fuels from concentrated solar power: towards practical artificial photosynthesis

(2015) Shannon A. Bonke et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Enhanced Ferroelectric-Nanocrystal-Based Hybrid Photocatalysis by Ultrasonic-Wave-Generated Piezophototronic Effect

(2015) Haidong Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Impact of microstructure on local carrier lifetime in perovskite solar cells

(2015) D. W. de Quilettes et al.   SCIENCE

A universal self-charging system driven by random biomechanical energy for sustainable operation of mobile electronics

(2015) Simiao Niu et al.   Nature Communications

Ferroelectric-Based Catalysis: Switchable Surface Chemistry

(2015) Arvin Kakekhani et al.   ACS Catalysis

Transparent Cuprous Oxide Photocathode Enabling a Stacked Tandem Cell for Unbiased Water Splitting

(2015) Paula Dias et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Enhanced energy harvesting based on surface morphology engineering of P(VDF-TrFE) film

(2015) Yuljae Cho et al.   Nano Energy

Piezo-potential enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic dye using ZnO nanowires

(2015) Xinyu Xue et al.   Nano Energy

Coupling of piezoelectric effect with electrochemical processes

(2015) Matthew B. Starr et al.   Nano Energy

From UV to Near-Infrared, WS2Nanosheet: A Novel Photocatalyst for Full Solar Light Spectrum Photodegradation

(2014) Yuanhua Sang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Pyroelectric materials and devices for energy harvesting applications

(2014) C. R. Bowen et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Strain Engineering for Phosphorene: The Potential Application as a Photocatalyst

(2014) Baisheng Sa et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Piezoelectricity of single-atomic-layer MoS2 for energy conversion and piezotronics

(2014) Wenzhuo Wu et al.   NATURE

Observation of piezoelectricity in free-standing monolayer MoS2

(2014) Hanyu Zhu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Water photolysis at 12.3% efficiency via perovskite photovoltaics and Earth-abundant catalysts

(2014) J. Luo et al.   SCIENCE

An analysis of the optimal band gaps of light absorbers in integrated tandem photoelectrochemical water-splitting systems

(2013) Shu Hu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Au Nanostructure-Decorated TiO2 Nanowires Exhibiting Photoactivity Across Entire UV-visible Region for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

(2013) Ying-Chih Pu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Overview on fuel cells

(2013) Umberto Lucia   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Electron-Hole Diffusion Lengths Exceeding 1 Micrometer in an Organometal Trihalide Perovskite Absorber

(2013) S. D. Stranks et al.   SCIENCE

Piezotronic Effect on the Transport Properties of GaN Nanobelts for Active Flexible Electronics

(2012) Ruomeng Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Progress in Piezotronics and Piezo-Phototronics

(2012) Zhong Lin Wang   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Piezopotential-Driven Redox Reactions at the Surface of Piezoelectric Materials

(2012) Matthew B. Starr et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Piezoelectrochemical Effect: A New Mechanism for Azo Dye Decolorization in Aqueous Solution through Vibrating Piezoelectric Microfibers

(2012) Kuang-Sheng Hong et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Pyroelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Thermoelectric Energy

(2012) Ya Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Opportunities and challenges for a sustainable energy future

(2012) Steven Chu et al.   NATURE

Piezoelectric Bimorph Cantilever for Vibration-Producing-Hydrogen

(2012) Jun Zhang et al.   SENSORS

Significant polarization variation near room temperature of Ba0.65Sr0.35TiO3 thin films for pyroelectric energy harvesting

(2012) K. Huang et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Synthesis of Few-Layer MoS2Nanosheet-Coated TiO2Nanobelt Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities

(2012) Weijia Zhou et al.   Small

Flexible triboelectric generator

(2012) Feng-Ru Fan et al.   Nano Energy

Fundamental Theory of Piezotronics

(2011) Yan Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Interface Engineering by Piezoelectric Potential in ZnO-Based Photoelectrochemical Anode

(2011) Jian Shi et al.   NANO LETTERS

The Outlook for Population Growth

(2011) R. Lee   SCIENCE

Harvesting Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Using Pyroelectric Materials

(2010) Jin Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Direct Water Splitting Through Vibrating Piezoelectric Microfibers in Water

(2010) Kuang-Sheng Hong et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Photocatalytic Water Splitting: Recent Progress and Future Challenges

(2010) Kazuhiko Maeda et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters