Congratulations on Jiang Yisha's article being accepted by Small Methods!

Recently, our group's review article "Charges Transfer in Interfaces for Energy Generation" was accepted by the Small Methods journal! The author of the paper is visiting student Yisha Jiang, and the corresponding authors are Prof. Kai Xiao and Prof. Nannan Liu from Wenzhou University.

Abstract: Under the threat of energy crisis and environmental pollution, the technology for sustainable and clean energy extraction has received considerable attention. Owing to the intensive exploration of energy conversion strategies, expanded energy sources have been successfully converted into electric energy, including mechanical energy from human motion, kinetic energy of falling raindrops, and thermal energy in the ambient. Among these energy conversion processes, charge transfer at different interfaces, such as solid-solid, solid-liquid, liquid-liquid, and gas-contained interfaces, dominates the power-generating efficiency. In this review, we systematically summarized the mechanisms and applications of interfacial-based energy generators (IEGs) with different interface types. Challenges and prospects are also highlighted. Due to the abundant interfacial interactions in nature, the development of IEGs offers a promising avenue of inexhaustible and environmental-friendly power generation to solve energy crisis.

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/smtd.202300261