Interfacial solar evaporation: from fundamental research to applications

X Wu, Y Lu, X Ren, P Wu, D Chu, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), powered by natural sunlight
garnered significant attention due to its great potential for low‐cost and environmentally …

Flexible self-charging power sources

R Liu, ZL Wang, K Fukuda, T Someya - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Power supply is one of the bottlenecks to realizing untethered wearable electronics, soft
robotics and the internet of things. Flexible self-charging power sources integrate energy …

Advances in ionic thermoelectrics: from materials to devices

S Sun, M Li, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As an extended member of the thermoelectric family, ionic thermoelectrics (i‐TEs) exhibit
exceptional Seebeck coefficients and applicable power factors, and as a result have …

Unconventional thermoelectric materials for energy harvesting and sensing applications

M Massetti, F Jiao, AJ Ferguson, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heat is an abundant but often wasted source of energy. Thus, harvesting just a portion of this
tremendous amount of energy holds significant promise for a more sustainable society …

Flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: From materials to applications

L Zhang, XL Shi, YL Yang, ZG Chen - Materials today, 2021 - Elsevier
With the ever-growing development of multifunctional and miniature electronics, the
exploring of high-power microwatt-milliwatt self-charging technology is highly essential …

Ionic thermoelectric gels and devices: Progress, opportunities, and challenges

M Yu, H Li, Y Li, S Wang, Q Li, Y Wang, B Li, K Zhu… - EnergyChem, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials are promising in relieving the energy crisis concerning harvesting
waste heat and providing a new environment-friendly self-power source for Internet of …

Strong tough thermogalvanic hydrogel thermocell with extraordinarily high thermoelectric performance

L Liu, D Zhang, P Bai, Y Mao, Q Li, J Guo… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermocells can continuously convert heat into electricity, and they are widely used to
power wearable electronic devices. However, they have a risk of leakage and poor …

In situ photocatalytically enhanced thermogalvanic cells for electricity and hydrogen production

Y Wang, Y Zhang, X **n, J Yang, M Wang, R Wang… - Science, 2023 - science.org
High-performance thermogalvanic cells have the potential to convert thermal energy into
electricity, but their effectiveness is limited by the low concentration difference of redox ions …

Smart textiles for electricity generation

G Chen, Y Li, M Bick, J Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Textiles have been concomitant of human civilization for thousands of years. With the
advances in chemistry and materials, integrating textiles with energy harvesters will provide …

Progress in wearable electronics/photonics—Moving toward the era of artificial intelligence and internet of things

Q Shi, B Dong, T He, Z Sun, J Zhu, Z Zhang, C Lee - InfoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The past few years have witnessed the significant impacts of wearable electronics/photonics
on various aspects of our daily life, for example, healthcare monitoring and treatment …