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 …

The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film

ZH Zheng, XL Shi, DW Ao, WD Liu, M Li, LZ Kou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Thermoelectric materials offer the possibility of harvesting huge amounts of waste heat, such
as vehicle exhaust gases, and converting them directly into useful electricity, a process that …

Staggered-layer-boosted flexible Bi2Te3 films with high thermoelectric performance

Y Lu, Y Zhou, W Wang, M Hu, X Huang, D Mao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Room-temperature bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) thermoelectrics are promising candidates for
low-grade heat harvesting. However, the brittleness and inflexibility of Bi2Te3 are far …

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 …

Flexible thermoelectrics based on ductile semiconductors

Q Yang, S Yang, P Qiu, L Peng, TR Wei, Z Zhang, X Shi… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Flexible thermoelectrics provide a different solution for develo** portable and sustainable
flexible power supplies. The discovery of silver sulfide–based ductile semiconductors has …

Self-powered sensing in wearable electronics─ a paradigm shift technology

W Tang, Q Sun, ZL Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the advancements in materials science and micro/nanoengineering, the field of
wearable electronics has experienced a rapid growth and significantly impacted and …

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 …

A comprehensive review on Bi2Te3‐based thin films: Thermoelectrics and beyond

X Tang, Z Li, W Liu, Q Zhang… - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bi2Te3‐based materials are not only the most important and widely used room temperature
thermoelectric (TE) materials but are also canonical examples of topological insulators in …

Multi-heterojunctioned plastics with high thermoelectric figure of merit

D Wang, J Ding, Y Ma, C Xu, Z Li, X Zhang, Y Zhao… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Conjugated polymers promise inherently flexible and low-cost thermoelectrics for powering
the Internet of Things from waste heat,. Their valuable applications, however, have been …