Call for Papers

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Energy harvesting is the technology where the sources such as mechanical loading, vibrations, frictions, temperature gradients, magnetic waves, light, biological energy, etc. are converted into device levels of electric power, usually in the µW-mW ranges. These fields are attracting wide attention as "feasible technology" that boosts the IoT and electronic device industry, enriches people’s lives, and minimizes environmental risks and impacts. For energy optimum harvesting, materials development, device design and power management are essential. Even though significant progress has been made on the development of high-performance nanomaterials and device design, there is still much room for further optimization, particularly using machine learning-driven approaches such as deep learning and data mining. Therefore, some imaginary and theoretical modeling studies for developing new energy harvesting materials are also crucial in this symposium. This symposium focuses on the state-of-the-art materials, devices and systems, including piezoelectric, triboelectric, electromagnetic, thermoelectric, piezoelectrochemical, flexoelectric, magnetoelectric, mechanoradical, ionic, pyroelectric, photovoltaic, biological-induced, capacitive, and other all miscellaneous energy harvesting principles for harnessing omnipresent energy sources in our daily life.

Topics will include:

• Dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric
• Triboelectric and electrostatic
• Magenetic materials and devices related to energy harvesting
• Electrocaloric, thermoelectric, pyroelectric, other thermal-related energy generations
• Other all miscellaneous energy harvesting
• Nanogenerators and power capacitors
• Various simulations: emergent theories, modeling, computations and calculations for energy harvesting
• Electrical and circuit management for energy harvesting
• Self-powered and self-sufficient electronics and sensor applications
• Energy harvesting and conversion efficiency evaluation methods, criteria and standardization
• Diverse up-to-date materials processing (surface modifications, patterning, deposition, sintering, etc.)

Invited Speakers (tentative):

• Yang Bai (University of Oulu, Finland)
• Sergejus Borodinas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
• Ana Borrás (Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales de Sevilla, Spain)
• Thiago A. L. Burgo (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil)
• Jun Chen (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
• Dukhyun Choi (Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea)
• Anthony Dichiara (University of Washington, USA)
• Noelle Gogneau (Université Paris-Saclay, France)
• Lisa Hall (The Ohio State University, USA)
• Wook Jo (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
• Chong-Yun Kang (Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
• Seung-Hyun Kim (Brown University, USA)
• Keon Jae Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
• Pooi See Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
• Christopher Li (Drexel University, USA)
• Ruiyuan Liu (Soochow University, China)
• Louis Madsen (Virginia Tech, USA)
• Daniel Prades (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
• Peter Sherrell (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia)
• Henry A. Sodano (University of Michigan, USA)
• Alain Sylvestre (Université Grenoble Alpes, France)
• Xudong Wang (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA)
• Rusen Yang (Xidian University, China)
• Yong Zhang (Wuhan University of Technology, China)

Symposium Organizers