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Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva, Giulio Fatti, Emanuel Carlos, Guilherme Ferreira, Sumita Goswami, Suman Nandy, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elvira Fortunato, Caio G. Otoni, Rodrigo Martins   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of building energy management systems on battery aging

E3S Web of Conferences, 2018
Smart buildings are a key element to walk towards smart cities and grids. Nonetheless, there are several degrees of intelligence. A first step is to incorporate commercial self-consumption solutions in buildings so they can manage the energy from local ...
Canals Casals Lluc, Igualada Lucía, Corchero Cristina   +2 more
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A hybrid PV-battery/diesel electricity supply on Peucang island: an economic evaluation [PDF]

Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical Power, and Vehicular Technology, 2016
Renewable energy technologies are currently under a dynamic cost development. This case holds especially for solar technology that has reached price levels that were unimaginable until a short time ago.
Matthias Günther
doaj   +1 more source

A Three-Step Methodology to Improve Domestic Energy Efficiency [PDF]

, 2010
Increasing energy prices and the greenhouse effect lead to more awareness of energy efficiency of electricity supply. During the last years, a lot of technologies have been developed to improve this efficiency.
Bakker, Vincent, Bosman, Maurice G.C., Hurink, Johann L., Molderink, Albert, Smit, Gerard J.M.   +4 more
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A Smart Bio‐Battery Facilitates Diabetic Bone Defect Repair Via Inducing Macrophage Reprogramming and Synergistically Modulating Bone Remodeling Coupling

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This research presents a novel implantable bio‐battery, GF‐OsG, tailored for diabetic bone repair. GF‐OsG generates microcurrents in high‐glucose conditions to enhance vascularization, shift macrophages to the M2 phenotype, and regulate immune responses.
Nanning Lv, Haifu Sun, Wenxiang Tang, Yonggang Li, Zhonglai Qian, Lihui Hong, Chong Chen, Hongye Li, Jiaxiang Bai, Yusen Qiao, Mingming Liu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parameter Design of a Photovoltaic Storage Battery Integrated System for Detached Houses Based on Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II

Buildings
With the deteriorating environment and excessive consumption of primary energy, solar energy has become used in buildings worldwide for renewable energy. Due to the fluctuations of solar radiation, a solar photovoltaic (PV) power system is often combined
Yaolong Hou, Quan Yuan, Xueting Wang, Han Chang, Chenlin Wei, Di Zhang, Yanan Dong, Yijun Yang, Jipeng Zhang   +8 more
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Formation of Plant Battery from Xerophytic Plants [PDF]

, 2010
Nature has supplied abundant energy to plants in form of electricity and among them the xerophytics and specially the Opuntias have got the maximum due to adaptness of dry condition.
R.V.K. Charan
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Exploiting Two‐Photon Lithography, Deposition, and Processing to Realize Complex 3D Magnetic Nanostructures

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Two‐photon lithography (TPL) enables 3D magnetic nanostructures with unmatched freedom in geometry and material choice. Advances in voxel control, deposition, and functionalization open pathways to artificial spin ices, racetracks, microrobots, and a number of additional technological applications.
Joseph Askey, Arjen van den Berg, Sandra Ruiz Gomez, Claire Donnelly, Dirk Grundler, Sam Ladak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal sizing and energy scheduling of isolated microgrid considering the battery lifetime degradation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2019
The incessantly growing demand for electricity in today's world claims an efficient and reliable system of energy supply. Distributed energy resources such as diesel generators, wind energy and solar energy can be combined within a microgrid to provide ...
Muhammad Sufyan, Nasrudin Abd Rahim, ChiaKwang Tan, Munir Azam Muhammad, Siti Rohani Sheikh Raihan   +4 more
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Hydrogen‐Bond‐Rich Supramolecular Multiblock Copolymers Facilitate Rapid Zn2+ Migration in Quasi‐Solid‐State Zinc‐Ion Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The disordered growth of dendrites, corrosion, parasitic side reactions, slow de‐solvation kinetics, and inherent safety risks significantly hinder the practical deployment of conventional liquid electrolyte zinc‐ion batteries. In contrast, the novel PU‐EG+DMPA‐Zn polyurethane quasi‐solid‐state electrolyte, enriched with abundant polar functional ...
Ruiqi Liu, Changding Wang, Fu Wan, Kaida Hu, Da Yang, Yaoyang Xia, Wenwei Yin, Yupeng Lin, Yuejiao Chen, Shuhui Sun, Weigen Chen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source