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ArticleResearch (Washington, D.C.)2026

Flexo-Pyroelectric Effect.

Weihao Gao, Shuhai Liu, Yong Qin

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Article in Research (Washington, D.C.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Weihao GaoInstitute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of Materials and Energy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8692-8663
Shuhai LiuInstitute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of Materials and Energy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2459-3616
Yong QinInstitute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of Materials and Energy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6713-480X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developing sustainable energy technologies is among the foremost challenges of this century and spawns the emergence of materials for ambient energy harvesting, such as photovoltaics, triboelectrics, and pyroelectrics. The conversion of ambient thermal energy (temperature fluctuations) into electricity through pyroelectric materials offers a promising route toward sustainable energy technologies. However, there is a critical limitation: The conventional pyroelectric effect is inherently restricted to noncentrosymmetric crystals, but excludes the centrosymmetric materials, even though they exhibit otherwise favorable properties. This symmetry dependence severely constrains the development of pyroelectric energy technology. Here, we demonstrate that the pyroelectric effect, typically observed only in noncentrosymmetric materials, can be induced in centrosymmetric materials via the flexoelectric effect. By introducing strain gradients using an atomic force microscope, we generated a giant pyroelectric coefficient of up to 1.25 × 10

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