Guo Shuai, Zhang Yaoxin, Yu Zhen, Dai Ming, Liu Xuanchen, Wang Hongbo, Liu Siqi, Koh J Justin, Sun Wanxin, Feng Yuanping, Chen Yuanzheng, Yang Lin, Sun Peng, Lu Geyu, Yu Cunjiang, Chen Wenshuai, De Wolf Stefaan, Wang Zuankai, Tan Swee Ching
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117575, Singapore.
China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 201306, P.R. China.
Nat Commun. 2025 Jun 6;16(1):5267. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60341-z.
In the era of big data, developing next-generation self-powered continuous energy harvesting systems is of great importance. Taking advantage of fallen leaves' specific structural advantage gifted by nature, we propose a facile approach to convert fallen leaves into energy harvesters from ubiquitous moisture, based on surface treatments and asymmetric coating of hygroscopic iron hydrogels. Upon moisture absorption, a water gradient is established between areas with/without hydrogel coating, and maintained due to gel-like behaviors and leaf veins for water retention and diffusion restriction, thus forming electrical double layers over the leaf surface and showing capacitance-like behavior for energy charging and discharging. Besides, the specific leaf cell structures with small grooves enabled uniform carbon coatings instead of aggregations, and high electrical conductivity, resulting in 49 μA/cm and 497 μW/cm electrical output, achieving competitive performance with the state-of-art and potential for lower environmental impact compared to other types of energy harvesters.
在大数据时代,开发下一代自供电连续能量收集系统具有重要意义。利用大自然赋予落叶的特定结构优势,我们提出了一种简便的方法,通过对吸湿铁水凝胶进行表面处理和不对称涂层,将落叶转化为从无处不在的湿气中收集能量的装置。吸湿后,在有水凝胶涂层和无水凝胶涂层的区域之间建立水梯度,并由于凝胶状行为和叶脉对水的保留和扩散限制而得以维持,从而在叶片表面形成双电层,并表现出类似电容的充放电行为。此外,具有小凹槽的特定叶片细胞结构能够实现均匀的碳涂层而非聚集,并且具有高电导率,产生49 μA/cm的电流输出和497 μW/cm的电功率输出,与现有技术相比具有竞争力,并且与其他类型的能量收集器相比,对环境的影响可能更小。
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