The energy and environment connection, research trends based on a bibliometric analysis

The scientific interest in piezoelectric micro-energy harvesting (PMEH) has been fast-growing, demonstrating that the field has made a major improvement in the long-term evolution of alternative energy sources. Although various research works have been performed and published over the years, only a few attempts have been made to examine the research’s influence in this field. Therefore, this paper presents a bibliometric study into low-cost PMEH from ambient energy sources within the years 2010–2021, outlining current research trends, analytical assessment, novel insights, impacts, challenges and recommendations. The major goal of this paper is to provide a bibliometric evaluation that is based on the top-cited 100 articles employing the Scopus databases, information and refined keyword searches. This study analyses various key aspects, including PMEH emerging applications, authors’ contributions, collaboration, research classification, keywords analysis, country’s networks and state-of-the-art research areas. Moreover, several issues and concerns regarding PMEH are identified to determine the existing constraints and research gaps, such as technical, modeling, economics, power quality and environment. The paper also provides guidelines and suggestions for the development and enhancement of future PMEH towards improving energy efficiency, topologies, design, operational performance and capabilities. The in-depth information, critical discussion and analysis of this bibliometric study are expected to contribute to the advancement of the sustainable pathway for PMEH research.

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“…Furthermore, research gaps in the field of studies, as well as contemporary trends are not taken into account. [25] 2021…”

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions

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“…Emerging research domains in nanoscience and nanotechnology facing smart surfaces, devices, and systems demand a material combining selective assembly, structural dimensionality, stability, and a wide range of properties compatible with different key attributes toward sustainable energy development (Reyes-Belmonte, 2021). Suitable applications related to the differences in fundamental and functional properties (physical/electrochemical) for renewable energy harvesting and storage systems (Lau et al, 2019)-such as (opto)electronic memristors, supercapacitors, nanogenerators, batteries, and sensors-are adaptative strategies of special interest by the pressing need to fight global warming and energy shortages.…”

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Searching guidelines for scalable and controllable design of multifunctional materials and hybrid interfaces: Status and perspective

Echeverrigaray

Álvarez²

2022

Front. Chem. Eng.

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The urgent need to address the global sustainability issues that modern society is currently facing requires the development of micro and nanotechnologies, which rely largely on functional materials. Beyond studies focused solely on low-dimensional materials, broader research related to multifunctionality has shown that the major efforts to meet these criteria for new electronic, photonic, and optoelectronic concepts, particularly to achieve high-performance devices, are still challenging. By exploiting their unique properties, a comprehensive understanding of the implications of research for the synthesis and discovery of novel materials is obtained. The present article encompasses innovation research as an alternative optimization and design for sustainable energy development, bridging the scaling gap in atomically controlled growth in terms of surface heterogeneity and interfacial engineering. In addition, the corresponding research topics are widely regarded as a scientometric analysis and visualization for the evaluation of scientific contributions into the early 20 years of the 21st century. In this perspective, a brief overview of the global trends and current challenges toward high-throughput fabrication followed by a scenario-based future for hybrid integration and emerging structural standards of scalable control design and growth profiles are emphasized. Finally, these opportunities are unprecedented to overcome current limitations, creating numerous combinations and triggering new functionalities and unparalleled properties for disruptive innovations of Frontier technologies.

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Optimizing energy efficiency and thermal comfort of green envelope applications in hot arid climate

Lotfi,

Hassan

2024

Discov Appl Sci

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Climate change and unresolved environmental challenges in arid environments negatively affect urban development. Previous literature tackled the significance of ecological approaches and building envelope optimization as main pillars in reducing energy consumption and enhancing energy efficiency and thermal comfort in buildings. This study aims to tackle an environmental simulation of implementing green roofs and green walls as an ecological strategy applied to the building envelope with considerations of the window-to-wall ratio (WWR) in contribution to enhancing the built environment’s energy efficiency and thermal comfort. The main study aimed to define the optimum solutions for applying ecological approaches on a medium office building envelope to investigate the enhancement of thermal comfort and total site energy. Hot arid climatic data was selected for its recent environmental challenges, and building envelope design, relying on experimental simulation research, a model was simulated using Design-builder software using discomfort hours and total site energy as the main objectives. Heating and cooling were added as outputs in the optimization to monitor their effect on the indoors. The two main output parameters were the WWR and envelope construction. Then a percentage decrease in the running cost was addressed. The multi-objective optimization showed an effective positive impact of green roof application on the building in hot arid climate than that of the green wall, which highlights the significance of green wall implementation to environmental and economic sustainable developments in arid environments.

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The energy and environment connection, research trends based on a bibliometric analysis

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions

A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions

Searching guidelines for scalable and controllable design of multifunctional materials and hybrid interfaces: Status and perspective

Optimizing energy efficiency and thermal comfort of green envelope applications in hot arid climate

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