Hydrovoltaic technology: from mechanism to applications

Yet, only very limited energy in the water cycle is harvested by current industrial technologies. The past decade has witnessed the emergence of hydrovoltaic technology, which generates electricity from nanomaterials by direct interaction with water and enables energy harvesting from the water cycle such as from rain, waves, flows, moisture and natural evaporation. Years of efforts have been committed to improve the conversion efficiency of hydrovoltaic devices through chemical synthesis of advanced nanomaterials and innovative design of device structures. Further development of this field, however, still requires in-depth understanding of hydrovoltaic mechanisms and boosting of the electrical outputs for…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 1210040808
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province

  Awards: BK20190018, BK20210312
• SK
  State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures

  Award: MCMS-I-0419G02
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  Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
• NK
  National Key Research and Development Program of China

  Award: 2019YFA0705400
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  Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

  Awards: NJ2019002, NC2018001, NS2020008, NP2019301, NJ2022002