Introduction of our Lab

Interfacial energy conversion, which harnesses the complex interactions between functional materials and multiphysics fields across diverse spatial and temporal scales, offers a revolutionary approach to tackling current energy challenges. Despite significant progress, comprehending the mechanisms of interfacial energy conversion and developing devices with high efficiency and low energy consumption remains difficult, particularly in complex scenarios involving multiphysics, multiscale, and multiphase processes. Our research is dedicated to uncovering interfacial energy conversion phenomena and designing electrical devices capable of efficiently harvesting energy from renewable sources such as water, sunlight, and heat, as well as their interconnected systems. We aim to develop applications that span from small-scale IoT devices to large-scale multi-source energy harvesting and management systems. Additionally, we are keenly interested in exploring interfacial electrical phenomena, particularly the interaction between water and electricity at the three-phase interface, and applying this understanding to fields such as microfluidics and atmospheric water harvesting.

Research highlights

  1. Wanghuai Xu#, Huanxi Zheng#, Yuan Liu#, Xiaofeng Zhou#, Chao Zhang, Yuxin Song, Xu Deng, Michael Leung, Zhengbao Yang, Ronald Xu, Zhonglin Wang, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Zuankai Wang. A droplet-based electricity generator with high instantaneous power density. Nature, 578, 392 (2020).

  2. Wanghuai Xu#, Yuankai Jin#, Wanbo Li, Yuxin Song, Lili Wang, Miaomiao Cui, Xiantong Yan, Zuankai Wang. Triboelectric wetting for continuous doplet transport. Science Advances, 51: eade2085 (2022).

  3. Wanghuai Xu, Zuankai Wang. Fusion of slippery interfaces and transistor-inspired architecture for water kinetic energy harvesting. Joule, 4, 2527 (2020).

  4. Xiantong Yan#, Wanghuai Xu#, Yajun Deng#, Chao Zhang, Huanxi Zheng, Siyan Yang, Yuxin Song, Pengyu Li, Xiaote Xu, Yue Hu, Luwen Zhang, Zhenbao Yang, Steven Wang, Zuankai Wang. Bubble energy generator. Science Advances, 8, eabo7698 (2022).

  5. Yuankai Jin#, Wanghuai Xu#, Huanhuan Zhang, Ruirui Li, Jing Sun, Siyan Yang, Minjie Liu, Haiyang Mao, Zuankai Wang. Electrostatic tweezer for remote droplet manipulation. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 119, e2105459119 (2022).

Research area

  • Energy harvesting
  • Interfacial water-electric interaction
  • Liquid manipultion
  • Internet of Things
  • Blue energy
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