Piezoelectric materials and techniques for environmental pollution remediation

J Li, X Liu, G Zhao, Z Liu, Y Cai, S Wang, C Shen… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of industrialization and agriculture, a series of critical imminent
environmental problems and water pollution have caught wide attention from the public and …

Advances in piezo‐phototronic effect enhanced photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis

L Pan, S Sun, Y Chen, P Wang, J Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Direct conversion of solar light into chemical energy by means of photocatalysis or
photoelectrocatalysis is currently a point of focus for sustainable energy development and …

A review on ZnO nanostructured materials: energy, environmental and biological applications

J Theerthagiri, S Salla, RA Senthil… - …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an adaptable material that has distinctive properties, such as high-
sensitivity, large specific area, non-toxicity, good compatibility and a high isoelectric point …

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 …

Novel ternary photocatalyst of single atom-dispersed silver and carbon quantum dots co-loaded with ultrathin g-C3N4 for broad spectrum photocatalytic degradation of …

F Wang, Y Wang, Y Feng, Y Zeng, Z Xie… - Applied catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of highly efficient photocatalysts with broad spectrum light response is a
primary goal in the photocatalysis domain. Here we report on a novel ternary photocatalyst …

Piezotronics and piezo-phototronics of third generation semiconductor nanowires

C Pan, J Zhai, ZL Wang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
With the fast development of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the last 30 years,
semiconductor nanowires have been widely investigated in the areas of both electronics …

Recent progress in electronic skin

X Wang, L Dong, H Zhang, R Yu, C Pan… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The skin is the largest organ of the human body and can sense pressure, temperature, and
other complex environmental stimuli or conditions. The mimicry of human skin's sensory …

Piezoelectric energy harvesters for biomedical applications

F Ali, W Raza, X Li, H Gul, KH Kim - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, implantable medical electronics (IMEs) have become essential for extending
patient's lives. Extending the lifespan of these devices has in turn become a main challenge …

Nanogenerators, self-powered systems, blue energy, piezotronics and piezo-phototronics–a recall on the original thoughts for coining these fields

ZL Wang - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In my research in the last 20 years, a few fields have been coined in the area of energy and
electronics during the course of studying piezoelectric-semiconductor nanostructures. These …

Group-IV (A) Janus dichalcogenide monolayers and their interfaces straddle gigantic shear and in-plane piezoelectricity

P Nandi, A Rawat, R Ahammed, N Jena, A De Sarkar - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Inversion symmetry in the 1T-phase of pristine dichalcogenide monolayer MX2 (M= Ge, Sn;
X= S, Se) is broken in their Janus structures, MXY (M= Ge, Sn; X≠ Y= S, Se), which induces …