Challenges and opportunities in low-dimensional thermoelectric nanomaterials

J Dong, A Suwardi, XY Tan, N Jia, K Saglik, R Ji… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can convert heat into electrical energy, which can potentially be
used to improve the fuel efficiency of conventional heat engines. In recent decades …

Research progress of interfacial design between thermoelectric materials and electrode materials

W Le, W Yang, W Sheng, J Shuai - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Intensive efforts have been conducted to realize the reliable interfacial joining of
thermoelectric materials and electrode materials with low interfacial contact resistance …

Iridium oxide nanoribbons with metastable monoclinic phase for highly efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution

F Liao, K Yin, Y Ji, W Zhu, Z Fan, Y Li, J Zhong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metastable metal oxides with ribbon morphologies have promising applications for energy
conversion catalysis, however they are largely restricted by their limited synthesis methods …

Multifunctional polyimide-based femtosecond laser micro/nanostructured films with triple Janus properties

J Pei, K Yin, T Wu, L Wang, Q Deng, Y Huang, K Wang… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Flexible multifunctional composite films in which opposing surfaces have two or more
distinct physical properties are highly applicable for wearable electronic devices, electrical …

Minimization of the electrical contact resistance in thin-film thermoelectric device

M Tan, WD Liu, XL Shi, Q Sun, ZG Chen - Applied Physics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
High electrical contact resistance refrains the performance of thin-film thermoelectric devices
at the demonstrative level. Here, an additional Ti contact layer is developed to minimize the …

Roadmap on energy harvesting materials

V Pecunia, SRP Silva, JD Phillips… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Ambient energy harvesting has great potential to contribute to sustainable development and
address growing environmental challenges. Converting waste energy from energy-intensive …

Scalable-produced 3D elastic thermoelectric network for body heat harvesting

Y Liu, X Wang, S Hou, Z Wu, J Wang, J Mao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Flexible thermoelectric generators can power wearable electronics by harvesting body heat.
However, existing thermoelectric materials rarely realize high flexibility and output properties …

Discordant Distortion in Cubic GeMnTe2 and High Thermoelectric Properties of GeMnTe2-x%SbTe

J Dong, Y Jiang, Y Sun, J Liu, J Pei, W Li… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
GeMnTe2 adopts a cubic rock salt structure and is a promising mid-temperature
thermoelectric material. The pair distribution function analysis of neutron total scattering …

Powering internet-of-things from ambient energy: a review

A Chatterjee, CN Lobato, H Zhang… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Internet-of-thing (IoT) is an assembly of devices that collect and share data with
other devices and communicate via the internet. This massive network of devices, generates …

Stamp‐like energy harvester and programmable information encrypted display based on fully printable thermoelectric devices

X Zhang, Y Hou, Y Yang, Z Wang, X Liang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric (TE) devices exhibit considerable application potential in Internet of Things
and personal health monitoring systems. However, TE self‐powered devices are expensive …