Unconventional thermoelectric materials for energy harvesting and sensing applications

M Massetti, F Jiao, AJ Ferguson, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heat is an abundant but often wasted source of energy. Thus, harvesting just a portion of this
tremendous amount of energy holds significant promise for a more sustainable society …

Flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: From materials to applications

L Zhang, XL Shi, YL Yang, ZG Chen - Materials today, 2021 - Elsevier
With the ever-growing development of multifunctional and miniature electronics, the
exploring of high-power microwatt-milliwatt self-charging technology is highly essential …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid-state thermocells: Opportunities and challenges for low-grade heat harvesting

J Duan, B Yu, L Huang, B Hu, M Xu, G Feng, J Zhou - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Low-grade heat (< 100° C) is abundant and ubiquitous but is generally discarded
owing to a lack of cost-effective recovery technologies. Emerging liquid-state thermocells …

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 …

Adaptable and wearable thermocell based on stretchable hydrogel for body heat harvesting

C Xu, Y Sun, J Zhang, W Xu… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The application of traditional inorganic thermoelectric materials to wearable energy
harvesters has been hindered by the rigid bulkiness, while flexible organic conductive …

Thermodynamics of Ionic Thermoelectrics for Low-Grade Heat Harvesting

X Qian, Z Ma, Q Huang, H Jiang, R Yang - ACS Energy Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
More than half of the waste heat rejected into the environment has temperatures lower than
100° C, which accounts for nearly 85 PWh/year worldwide. Efficiently harvesting low-grade …

Solvent effect on the Seebeck coefficient of Fe 2+/Fe 3+ hydrogel thermogalvanic cells

Y Liu, Q Zhang, GO Odunmbaku, Y He… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermogalvanic (TG) cells offer a clean and scalable energy conversion pathway for the
recovery of low-grade waste heat. Enhancing the voltage generated by a single TG cell is …

Cost-effective n-type thermocells enabled by thermosensitive crystallizations and 3D multi-structured electrodes

B Yu, H Xiao, Y Zeng, S Liu, D Wu, P Liu, J Guo, W Xie… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging thermocells have the commercialized potential for directly harvesting low-grade
heat. Although a huge progress in p-type thermocells, their n-type counterpart has seriously …

Emerging thermal technology enabled augmented reality

K Parida, H Bark, PS Lee - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the past decade, remarkable progress has been made in the domain of augmented
reality/virtual reality (AR/VR). The need for realistic and immersive augmentation has …

Thermocells-enabled low-grade heat harvesting: challenge, progress, and prospects

W Li, J Ma, J Qiu, S Wang - Materials Today Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …