Conductive hydrogels for bioenergy harvesting and self-powered application

C Zhang, MOG Nayeem, Z Wang, X Pu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conductive hydrogels (CHs) are characterized by tissue-like mechanical properties, multiple
stimuli-responsive abilities and favourable biocompatibility, enabling their wearable devices …

Thermo-electrochemical cells for heat to electricity conversion: from mechanisms, materials, strategies to applications

Y Liu, M Cui, W Ling, L Cheng, H Lei, W Li… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Abundant and ubiquitous thermal heat called low-grade heat (< 150° C) is wasted in our
surroundings owing to the lack of effective and low-cost energy technologies. Thermo …

A multifunctional paper-based supercapacitor with excellent temperature adaptability, plasticity, tensile strength, self-healing, and high thermoelectric effects

C Xiong, Q Yang, W Dang, Q Zhou, X Jiang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the development of multi-functional supercapacitors with high flexibility and
strong environmental adaptability has gradually become a focus of attention. In this work, a …

Giant thermoelectric properties of ionogels with cationic doping

Z Liu, H Cheng, Q Le, R Chen, J Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although ionic thermoelectric (iTE) materials can have very high thermopower, it is of great
significance to develop novel methods to further improve the ionic thermopower and figure …

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 …

Ionogels: preparation, properties and applications

CC Yan, W Li, Z Liu, S Zheng, Y Hu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ionogels, composed of ionic liquids and supporting networks, possess a plethora of
exceptional properties, including nonvolatility, remarkable thermal and electrochemical …

Enabling giant thermopower by heterostructure engineering of hydrated vanadium pentoxide for zinc ion thermal charging cells

Z Li, Y Xu, L Wu, J Cui, H Dou, X Zhang - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Flexible power supply devices provide possibilities for wearable electronics in the Internet of
Things. However, unsatisfying capacity or lifetime of typical batteries or capacitors seriously …

Ionic organic thermoelectrics with impressively high thermopower for sensitive heat harvesting scenarios

YH Pai, J Tang, Y Zhao, Z Liang - Advanced energy materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the worldwide energy crisis is worsened, thermoelectric materials that can harvest low‐
grade waste heat and directly convert it into electricity provide promising alternative energy …

Ultrasensitive flexible thermal sensor arrays based on high‐thermopower ionic thermoelectric hydrogel

Y Han, H Wei, Y Du, Z Li, SP Feng, B Huang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ionic circuits using ions as charge carriers have demonstrated great potential for flexible and
bioinspired electronics. The emerging ionic thermoelectric (iTE) materials can generate a …

Piezoionic Elastomers by Phase and Interface Engineering for High‐Performance Energy‐Harvesting Ionotronics

W Zhu, B Wu, Z Lei, P Wu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoionic materials play a pivotal role in energy‐harvesting ionotronics. However, a
persistent challenge lies in balancing the structural requirements for voltage generation …