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Converting Temperature Fluctuations into Clean Energy with Novel Nanoparticles and Heating Strategy

Illustration of potential applications of combining pyroelectric materials and the localized thermo-plasmonic effect of noble metal nanomaterials. Photo credit: Dr Lei Dangyuan’s group / City University of Hong Kong

Pyroelectric catalysis (pyro-catalysis) can convert environmental temperature fluctuations into clean chemical energy, like hydrogen. However, compared with the more common catalysis strategy, such as photocatalysis, pyro-catalysis is inefficient due to slow temperature changes in the ambient environment...

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