Corletto Alexander, Ellis Amanda V, Shepelin Nick A, Fronzi Marco, Winkler David A, Shapter Joseph G, Sherrell Peter C
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, Villigen, CH-5232, Switzerland.
Adv Mater. 2022 Sep;34(36):e2203849. doi: 10.1002/adma.202203849. Epub 2022 Aug 2.
Layered 2D crystals have unique properties and rich chemical and electronic diversity, with over 6000 2D crystals known and, in principle, millions of different stacked hybrid 2D crystals accessible. This diversity provides unique combinations of properties that can profoundly affect the future of energy conversion and harvesting devices. Notably, this includes catalysts, photovoltaics, superconductors, solar-fuel generators, and piezoelectric devices that will receive broad commercial uptake in the near future. However, the unique properties of layered 2D crystals are not limited to individual applications and they can achieve exceptional performance in multiple energy conversion applications synchronously. This synchronous multisource energy conversion (SMEC) has yet to be fully realized but offers a real game-changer in how devices will be produced and utilized in the future. This perspective highlights the energy interplay in materials and its impact on energy conversion, how SMEC devices can be realized, particularly through layered 2D crystals, and provides a vision of the future of effective environmental energy harvesting devices with layered 2D crystals.
层状二维晶体具有独特的性质以及丰富的化学和电子多样性，已知的二维晶体超过6000种，理论上还有数百万种不同的堆叠混合二维晶体可供探索。这种多样性提供了独特的性质组合，能够深刻影响能量转换和收集设备的未来发展。值得注意的是，这包括催化剂、光伏器件、超导体、太阳能燃料发生器以及压电设备，这些在不久的将来将得到广泛的商业应用。然而，层状二维晶体的独特性质并不局限于个别应用，它们能够在多种能量转换应用中同步实现卓越性能。这种同步多源能量转换（SMEC）尚未得到充分实现，但在未来设备的生产和利用方式上提供了真正的变革。本文观点突出了材料中的能量相互作用及其对能量转换的影响，介绍了如何实现SMEC设备，特别是通过层状二维晶体实现，并展望了具有层状二维晶体的高效环境能量收集设备的未来。
