Advances in the design and assembly of flexible thermoelectric device

T Cao, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to their capabilities of solid-state conversion between heat and electricity, zero-
emission, and high flexibility, flexible thermoelectric devices (F-TEDs) have exhibited great …

Advanced thermoelectric design: from materials and structures to devices

XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film

ZH Zheng, XL Shi, DW Ao, WD Liu, M Li, LZ Kou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Thermoelectric materials offer the possibility of harvesting huge amounts of waste heat, such
as vehicle exhaust gases, and converting them directly into useful electricity, a process that …

Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices

M Hong, M Li, Y Wang, X Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Driven by the intensive efforts in the development of high‐performance GeTe
thermoelectrics for mass‐market application in power generation and refrigeration, GeTe …

Conducting polymer-based flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: from mechanisms to applications

S Xu, XL Shi, M Dargusch, C Di, J Zou… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conducting polymers have drawn considerable attention in the field of wearable and
implantable thermoelectric devices due to their unique advantages, including availability …

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 …

A solvothermal synthetic environmental design for high‐performance SnSe‐based thermoelectric materials

XL Shi, WD Liu, M Li, Q Sun, SD Xu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SnSe is challenging to use in thermoelectric devices due to difficulties in simultaneously
optimizing its thermoelectric and mechanical properties. Here, the authors show a unique …

Insights into low thermal conductivity in inorganic materials for thermoelectrics

T Ghosh, M Dutta, D Sarkar… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Efficient manipulation of thermal conductivity and fundamental understanding of the
microscopic mechanisms of phonon scattering in crystalline solids are crucial to achieve …

Flexible thermoelectric materials and generators: challenges and innovations

Y Wang, L Yang, XL Shi, X Shi, L Chen… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The urgent need for ecofriendly, stable, long‐lifetime power sources is driving the booming
market for miniaturized and integrated electronics, including wearable and medical …

Thermoelectric coolers: progress, challenges, and opportunities

WY Chen, XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Small Methods, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to the free of noise, mechanical component, working fluid, and chemical reaction,
thermoelectric cooling is regarded as a suitable solution to address the greenhouse …