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 …

Stretchable hydrogels are developed to interact with biological interfaces through ionic
signaling. However, the intelligence of artificial hydrogels is far less powerful than biological …

Creating flexible materials that can work underwater has the potential to broaden
applications to aquatic and marine environments. Hydrogels have long been thought to be …

Polymeric thermoelectric materials utilizing the Soret effect have the advantages of high
Seebeck coefficient, non‐toxicity, light weight, and excellent mechanical properties that …

Ionic thermoelectric (i-TE) technologies can power Internet of Things (IoT) sensors by
harvesting thermal energy from the environment because of their large thermopowers …

Harvesting low-grade heat energy for simultaneous desalination and power generation is a
meaningful and valuable work to address the energy and fresh water crisis. Here we report a …

The relationship between structure and ion transport in liquid electrolyte solutions is not well
understood over the whole concentration and temperature ranges. In this work, we have …

To mitigate the intermittency of renewable energy generation and achieve net-zero
greenhouse gas emissions, a cyclically stable and energy-efficient thermal energy storage …

Emerging thermocells (TECs) are promising for low-grade heat harvesting, but the lack of
high-performance n-type TECs remains a significant bottleneck for the practical application …

Producing clean water and electricity from low-grade thermal energy has attracted
escalating interest to alleviate fresh water and energy stress. Here, we present a novel …