[HTML][HTML] Flexible thermoelectric materials and devices

Y Du, J Xu, B Paul, P Eklund - Applied Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) can directly convert waste heat into electrical power. In
the last few decades, most research on thermoelectrics has focused on inorganic bulk …

Tungsten dichalcogenides (WS 2, WSe 2, and WTe 2): materials chemistry and applications

A Eftekhari - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Tungsten is the heaviest transition metal in the family of common transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDCs). Despite the essential similarities of TMDCs, the considerable …

Recent developments in flexible thermoelectrics: From materials to devices

Z Fan, Y Zhang, L Pan, J Ouyang, Q Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric (TE) materials/devices that can directly convert thermal energy into electricity
provide a promising solution for sustainable energy development. As the flexible power …

Electronic and optical properties of van der Waals heterostructures of g-GaN and transition metal dichalcogenides

Z Cui, K Ren, Y Zhao, X Wang, H Shu, J Yu… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on first-principles calculations, we systematically investigate the electronic and
optical properties of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures composed of graphene-like …

Thermoelectric properties of single-layered SnSe sheet

FQ Wang, S Zhang, J Yu, Q Wang - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Motivated by the recent study of inspiring thermoelectric properties in bulk SnSe [Zhao et al.,
Nature, 2014, 508, 373] and the experimental synthesis of SnSe sheets [Chen et al., J. Am …

High thermoelectric performance induced by strong anharmonic effects in monolayer (PbX) 2 (X= S, Se, Te)

PZ Jia, ZX Xie, YX Deng, Y Zhang, LM Tang… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Enhanced thermoelectric performance is restricted greatly by the interaction of various
transport parameters, and this bottleneck urgently requires a solution. In this paper, first …

A smart recycling solution: WS2-halloysite nanocomposite for heavy metals remediation from wastewater and postliminar application in electrochemical …

F Mashkoor, R Mashkoor, M Shoeb, AH Anwer… - Applied Clay …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research study we have showcased a conversion strategy called “waste-to-wealth”
that employs Ni-adsorbed Hal-WS 2 NCs for supercapacitor application. A nanocomposite …

A skin-like sensor for intelligent Braille recognition

XF Zhao, CZ Hang, HL Lu, K Xu, H Zhang, F Yang… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A flexible skin-like tactile sensor as one of the key components in the next generation for
robots should have the ability to perform real-time feedback, continuous measurement, and …

Layered materials with 2D connectivity for thermoelectric energy conversion

M Samanta, T Ghosh, S Chandra… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The current problems of decreasing fossil fuel reserves and the increasing pollution level
due to burning of these fossil fuels are expected to worsen in the future with ever increasing …

Janus XSSe/SiC (X= Mo, W) van der Waals heterostructures as promising water-splitting photocatalysts

Z Cui, K Bai, Y Ding, X Wang, E Li, J Zheng - Physica E: Low-dimensional …, 2020 - Elsevier
The stability, electronic, and optical behaviours of XSSe/SiC (X= Mo, W) vdWs
heterostructures have been investigated by first-principles calculations. The observed …