Thermoelectric coolers as thermal management systems for medical applications: Design, optimization, and advancement

SH Zaferani, MW Sams, R Ghomashchi, ZG Chen - Nano energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Compared with traditional cooling techniques, thermoelectric coolers have drawn massive
attention for small-scale cooling applications, particularly in medical practices …

Printing thermoelectric inks toward next-generation energy and thermal devices

M Zeng, D Zavanelli, J Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability of thermoelectric (TE) materials to convert thermal energy to electricity and vice
versa highlights them as a promising candidate for sustainable energy applications. Despite …

All‐Fabric Direct‐Current Triboelectric Nanogenerators Based on the Tribovoltaic Effect as Power Textiles

T Lv, R Cheng, C Wei, E Su, T Jiang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The tribovoltaic effect is the direct‐current (DC) output that results from sliding ap‐type
semiconductor on top of an n‐type semiconductor, and it is caused by the electron–hole …

Soft organic thermoelectric materials: Principles, current state of the art and applications

Y Zhang, W Wang, F Zhang, K Dai, C Li, Y Fan, G Chen… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The enormous demand for waste heat utilization and burgeoning eco‐friendly wearable
materials has triggered huge interest in the development of thermoelectric materials that can …

All Direct Ink Writing of 3D Compliant Carbon Thermoelectric Generators for High‐Energy Conversion Efficiency

S Hwang, D Jang, B Lee, YS Ryu… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Compliant thermoelectric generators (TEGs) can fully exploit their energy conversion
efficiency by establishing conformal interfaces on arbitrarily shaped 3D heat sources …

Whole fabric‐assisted thermoelectric devices for wearable electronics

Y Hou, Y Yang, Z Wang, Z Li, X Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible thermoelectric generators (f‐TEGs) have demonstrated great potential in wearable
self‐powered health monitoring devices. However, the existing wearable f‐TEGs are neither …

A passive evaporative cooling heat sink method for enhancing low-grade waste heat recovery capacity of thermoelectric generators

LJ Zheng, HW Kang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we utilized a novel passive evaporative cooling heat sink (PECHS) to enhance
the waste heat recovery capacity of a thermoelectric generator (TEG). When heat is applied …

Organic thermoelectric generators: working principles, materials, and fabrication techniques

IH Eryilmaz, YF Chen, G Mattana, E Orgiu - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic thermoelectricity is a blooming field of research that employs organic (semi)
conductors to recycle waste heat through its partial conversion to electrical power. Such a …

Polyamide 12/multiwalled carbon nanotube and carbon black nanocomposites manufactured by 3D printing fused filament fabrication: A comparison of the electrical …

N Vidakis, M Petousis, L Tzounis, E Velidakis… - C, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, nanocomposites with polyamide 12 (PA12) as the polymer matrix and
multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and carbon black (CB) at different loadings (2.5 …

High-performance cement/SWCNT thermoelectric nanocomposites and a structural thermoelectric generator device towards large-scale thermal energy harvesting

I Vareli, L Tzounis, K Tsirka, IE Kavvadias… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
For the first time, the thermoelectric properties of cement/single-walled carbon nanotube
(SWCNT) nanocomposites with over 3, 7, 14 and 28 days of hydration are reported, while a …