Abstract
With the growing global energy crisis, research into new energy materials that can potentially transfer heat into electricity has become a worldwide imperative. Pyroelectric materials are polar materials that are able to produce electrical charge in response to temperature change. These materials are of interest for infrared sensing, energy harvesting, and emerging applications in chemistry and biology. However, unlocking their potential requires the temperature changes to be both large and rapid. To achieve this goal, pyroelectric materials can be used in synergy with plasmonic nanomaterials, which provide highly localized and rapid heating upon illumination at the plasmonic resonances. Plasmonic-pyroelectric combinations are therefore being used for a variety of electrical, thermal, electrochemical, and biological studies and are inspiring new technological applications. In this review, the underlying mechanisms of the pyroelectric and plasmonic effects are introduced and the benefits of combining them are outlined. A range of applications is then overviewed. Critical challenges and future perspectives to further develop the underlying science of these systems and to create highly efficient plasmonic-pyroelectric materials and structures are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2312245 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Advanced Functional Materials |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 21 |
Early online date | 15 Jan 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 22 May 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Funders:China Scholarship Council - 201908420009
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - EP/T001046/1
National Natural Science Foundation of China - 51902094
Royal Society - RGF\EA\180228
UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee - EP/X023265/1
Funding
Q.W. thanks for the support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51902094) and the Postdoctoral Scholarship from the China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 201908420009). V.K.V. acknowledges support from the Royal Society grants RGF∖EA∖180228 and URF\R\191016, as well as the EPSRC grant EP/T001046/1 and the Leverhulme Trust grant RP-G202-2-344. C. B. would like to acknowledge the support of the UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee on “Processing of Smart Porous Electro-Ceramic Transducers – ProSPECT”, project No. EP/X023265/1.
Funders | Funder number |
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UK Research and Innovation | EP/X023265/1 |
UK Research and Innovation | |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | EP/T001046/1 |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | |
Leverhulme Trust | RP‐G202‐2‐344 |
Leverhulme Trust | |
Royal Society | URF\R\191016, RGF∖EA∖180228 |
Royal Society | |
National Natural Science Foundation of China | 51902094 |
National Natural Science Foundation of China | |
China Scholarship Council | 201908420009 |
China Scholarship Council |
Keywords
- energy harvesting
- hybrid system
- plasmonic effect
- pyroelectric effect
- sensing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- General Chemistry
- General Materials Science
- Electrochemistry
- Biomaterials