Pushing thermoelectric generators toward energy harvesting from the human body: Challenges and strategies

T Sun, L Wang, W Jiang - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in miniaturized portable electronics and progress on novel enabling technologies,
consequently accompanied by power consumption downgraded from the scale of milliwatts …

Stretchable thermoelectrics: strategies, performances, and applications

Y Hao, X He, L Wang, X Qin, G Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid development of intelligent devices, flexible robots, medical monitors, and
electronic skins, stretchable wireless power supplies are in great demand. Thermoelectric …

Continuous manufacture of stretchable and integratable thermoelectric nanofiber yarn for human body energy harvesting and self-powered motion detection

X He, J Gu, Y Hao, M Zheng, L Wang, J Yu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric conversion technology provides a new method for directly collecting and
converting the heat released by the human body to electrical energy, which has attracted …

Ultrafast response and threshold adjustable intelligent thermoelectric systems for next-generation self-powered remote IoT fire warning

Z Ding, G Li, Y Wang, C Du, Z Ye, L Liang, LC Tang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Fire warning is vital to human life, economy and ecology. However, the development of
effective warning systems faces great challenges of fast response, adjustable threshold and …

Stretchable thermoelectric-based self-powered dual-parameter sensors with decoupled temperature and strain sensing

X He, Y Hao, M He, X Qin, L Wang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric-based sensors with multifunctional sensing properties that can recognize
different stimulations in a self-powered environment by converting low-grade heat into …

Elastic fibers/fabrics for wearables and bioelectronics

Y Zhang, J Zhou, Y Zhang, D Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wearables and bioelectronics rely on breathable interface devices with bioaffinity,
biocompatibility, and smart functionality for interactions between beings and things and the …

[HTML][HTML] PEDOT: PSS-modified cotton conductive thread for mass manufacturing of textile-based electrical wearable sensors by computerized embroidery

F Alshabouna, HS Lee, G Barandun, E Tan, Y Cotur… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
The textile industry has advanced processes that allow computerized manufacturing of
garments at large volumes with precise visual patterns. The industry, however, is not able to …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional, wearable, and wireless sensing system via thermoelectric fabrics

X He, J Cai, M Liu, X Ni, W Liu, H Guo, J Yu, L Wang… - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Flexible thermoelectric materials play an important role in smart wearables, such as
wearable power generation, self-powered sensing, and personal thermal management …

Recyclable bimodal polyvinyl alcohol/PEDOT: PSS hydrogel sensors for highly sensitive strain and temperature sensing

Y Zhu, D Yao, X Gao, J Chen, H Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Multimodal flexible sensors, consisting of multiple sensing units, can sense and recognize
different external stimuli by outputting different types of response signals. However, the …

Evolution of thermoelectric generators: from application to hybridization

Z Liu, B Tian, Y Li, Z Guo, Z Zhang, Z Luo, L Zhao… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Considerable thermal energy is emitted into the environment from human activities and
equipment operation in the course of daily production. Accordingly, the use of thermoelectric …