Traditional cooling technologies, employing cooling refrigerants, have caused severe ozone
depletion and global warming. Alternatively, thermoelectric coolers, with the advantages of …

There is a rapidly growing demand for self-powered technologies in wearable electronic
devices that can be integrated with the human body to accomplish various functions …

Flexible thermoelectrics provide a different solution for developing portable and sustainable
flexible power supplies. The discovery of silver sulfide–based ductile semiconductors has …

Thermoelectric (TE) materials are receiving increasing attention due to their ability to directly
converting heat to electricity. They are used to harvest electrical energy from the wasted heat …

Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) based on organic/inorganic nanocomposites have made
great achievements in recent years, while rational design of flexible TEGs to harvest energy …

Solar and thermal energy conversion are two major renewable energy technologies highly
sought after in the past two decades by academia, industry, and policymakers. Besides the …

Organic thermoelectric (TE) materials have captured much curiosity, since the discovery of
their ability to convert a small quantity of heat energy into electrical one. Moreover, intrinsic …

Low-grade heat is abundant and ubiquitous, but it is generally discarded due to the lack of
cost-effective recovery technologies. Emerging thermocells (TECs) based on temperature …

Due to the limited thermoelectric performance of polymers and intrinsic rigidness of
inorganic materials, it is difficult to obtain n-type thermoelectric materials and devices with …

Inorganic thermoelectric (TE) materials with outstanding capacity for energy conversion are
expected to be promising eco-friendly and renewable power sources, but they are always …