Advances in the design and assembly of flexible thermoelectric device

T Cao, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to their capabilities of solid-state conversion between heat and electricity, zero-
emission, and high flexibility, flexible thermoelectric devices (F-TEDs) have exhibited great …

Advances in flexible inorganic thermoelectrics

XL Shi, T Cao, W Chen, B Hu, S Sun, WD Liu, M Li… - EcoEnergy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solid‐state bismuth telluride‐based thermoelectric devices enable the generation of
electricity from temperature differences and have been commercially applied in various …

Controlled heterogeneous water distribution and evaporation towards enhanced photothermal water-electricity-hydrogen production

Y Zhou, T Ding, M Gao, KH Chan, Y Cheng, J He… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The ability to control heterogeneous water distribution and evaporation could address low
vapor generation issues which has great implications for distillation and energy systems …

Physics-guided co-designing flexible thermoelectrics with techno-economic sustainability for low-grade heat harvesting

Y Zhou, X Liu, B Jia, T Ding, D Mao, T Wang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Flexible thermoelectric harvesting of omnipresent spatial thermodynamic energy, though
promising in low-grade waste heat recovery (< 100° C), is still far from industrialization …

Study of a gas-liquid-coupled heat-driven room-temperature thermoacoustic refrigerator with different working gases

J Chi, J Xu, L Zhang, Z Wu, J Hu, E Luo - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In a thermoacoustic system, the working gas is the carrier for the conversion between
thermal energy and acoustic power. It is therefore important to explore the influence of …

Two-dimensional flexible thermoelectric devices: Using modeling to deliver optimal capability

S Xu, M Hong, M Li, Q Sun, Y Yin, W Liu, X Shi… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Two-dimensional flexible thermoelectric devices (2D FTEDs) are a promising candidate for
powering wearable electronics by harvesting low-grade energy from human body and other …

Sustainable heat harvesting via thermal nonlinearity

Y Zhou, T Ding, G Xu, S Yang, CW Qiu, J He… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Converting the pervasive low-grade environmental waste heat of approximately 200 EJ
globally per year (equivalent to 27 Gt of CO2 emission) into electricity promises energy …

Advanced thermoelectric textiles for power generation: principles, design, and manufacturing

X Chen, X Yang, X Han, Z Ruan, J Xu… - Global …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐powered wearable thermoelectric (TE) devices significantly reduce the inconvenience
caused to users, especially in daily use of portable devices and monitoring personal health …

Mathematically inspired structure design in nanoscale thermal transport

X Wu, M Nomura - Nanoscale, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Mathematically inspired structure design has emerged as a powerful approach for tailoring
material properties, especially in nanoscale thermal transport, with promising applications …

Thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te3 films with low-angle grain boundaries formed through high pulse current density

M Lan, S Sun, S Liu, G Li, X Sun, Q Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Current applications of thermoelectric (TE) materials are limited by their low conversion
efficiency. Interfacial engineering is a common way to improve TE properties. This study …