Energy crisis and associated environmental issues are the main challenges in today's
changing world, where there is a growing demand for electricity. To address such …

Sustainable and resilient pavement infrastructure is critical for current economic and
environmental challenges. In the past 10 years, the pavement infrastructure strongly …

The conversion of the thermal energy contained in roads to electricity is an emerging field of
sustainable technology. Along these lines, in this works, three types of road thermoelectric …

Currently, functional pavement materials become a research hotpot for road researchers.
This paper aims to develop a phase change heat storage asphalt pavement material and …

Energy harvesting from roadways has the potential to generate electricity for a multitude of
roadside data collection and communication applications. Roadside energy harvesters are …

Urban heat island (UHI) effect poses great challenges to urban environmental quality,
building energy consumption, and public health. Over decades, research efforts have been …

Asphalt mastic, composed of asphalt and filler, is an important part of asphalt mixture. The
interaction between asphalt and filler, called asphalt-filler interaction, directly affects the …

Piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) convert mechanical energy into electrical energy
providing a new method for road infrastructure energy self-consistency. However, the …

Asphalt pavements absorb and store more heat than natural surfaces. Thus, high
temperatures are emitted from conventional asphalt pavements, subsequently releasing …

With the advent of the electric vehicle era, the potential function of monitoring,
communication, and energy supply of the pavement system has received utmost research …