Thermoelectrics for medical applications: Progress, challenges, and perspectives

B Hu, XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical engineering journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectrics, enabling the direct conversion between heat and electrical energy, exhibit
great potentials for employing to localized power generation and refrigeration. Their unique …

A comprehensive review on the output voltage/power of wearable thermoelectric generators concerning their geometry and thermoelectric materials

Z Soleimani, S Zoras, B Ceranic, Y Cui, S Shahzad - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Wearable thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are considered as a promising power supply for
low power wearable electronics. To obtain high thermoelectric (TE) generation, the focus …

A review on recent developments of thermoelectric materials for room-temperature applications

Z Soleimani, S Zoras, B Ceranic, S Shahzad… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wearable thermoelectric generators (TEGs) emerge as a viable renewable energy source,
which directly convert the heat dissipated from human skin into electricity. Extensive reviews …

Wearable thermoelectric generator to harvest body heat for powering a miniaturized accelerometer

Y Wang, Y Shi, D Mei, Z Chen - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Wearable thermoelectric generators (TEGs) enable the conversion of human body heat into
microwatts to milliwatt electricity, which can be utilized to power miniaturized electronic …

Stretchable nanolayered thermoelectric energy harvester on complex and dynamic surfaces

Y Yang, H Hu, Z Chen, Z Wang, L Jiang, G Lu, X Li… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) provide a unique solution for energy harvesting from
waste heat, presenting a potential solution for green energy. However, traditional rigid and …

Multifunctional superelastic graphene-based thermoelectric sponges for wearable and thermal management devices

D Zhang, Y Mao, P Bai, Q Li, W He, H Cui, F Ye, C Li… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Power generation through harvesting human thermal energy provides an ideal strategy for
self-powered wearable design. However, existing thermoelectric fibers, films, and blocks …

Present and future thermoelectric materials toward wearable energy harvesting

C Li, F Jiang, C Liu, P Liu, J Xu - Applied Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric (TE) devices emerge as an important renewable energy source with great
potential to take advancement of the widely-abundant and normally-wasted thermal energy …

Bioinspired untethered soft robot with pumpless phase change soft actuators by bidirectional thermoelectrics

Y Yoon, H Park, J Lee, J Choi, Y Jung, S Han… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft pneumatic actuators play an important role in the technological advancement of soft
robotics, but they face intrinsic limitations due to the presence of complex and bulky air …

Direct Wet-Spun Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes-Based p–n Segmented Filaments toward Wearable Thermoelectric Textiles

X Yang, K Zhang - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional thermoelectric (TE) textiles (TETs) fabricated with TE filaments (TEFs)
possess merits over other types such as thickness–direction thermal energy harvesting and …

Carbon nanomaterial-based nanogenerators for harvesting energy from environment

MA Gabris, J Ping - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A significant bottleneck that hampers the adoption of many current technologies and
wearable devices is power supply requirements. The quest to innovate portable self …