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 …

Thermoelectric materials have attracted extensive attentions due to their extensive
applications in thermoelectric refrigeration, waste heat recovery, aerospace and other fields …

Thermoelectric generators have attracted a wide research interest owing to their ability to
directly convert heat into electrical power. Moreover, the thermoelectric properties of …

Energy autonomy is key to the next generation portable and wearable systems for several
applications. Among these, the electronic-skin or e-skin is currently a matter of intensive …

Driven by the ability to harvest waste heat into reusable electricity and the exclusive role of
serving as the power generator for deep spacecraft, intensive endeavors are dedicated to …

Health, infrastructure, and environmental monitoring as well as networking and defense
technologies are only some of the potential areas of application of micro‐/nanosystems …

The field of thermoelectrics has long been recognized as a potentially transformative power
generation technology and the field is now growing steadily due to their ability to convert …

The research on skutterudites in the last few years has contributed to a better understanding
of the physical processes which play an important role in enhancing their thermoelectric …

Alternative renewable energy sources are immensely important in view of the increase in
worldwide energy needs and environmental effects. The thermoelectric (TE) technology is …

By the nature of reliability, sustainability, abundant resource and minor impact on
environment, geothermal energy is considered as one of the future resources to meet the …