Advances in the applications of thermoelectric generators

J He, K Li, L Jia, Y Zhu, H Zhang, J Linghu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid energy crises and environmental concerns, thermoelectric generators have gained
interest as eco-friendly power sources by directly converting heat to electricity. Given the …

Pushing thermoelectric generators toward energy harvesting from the human body: Challenges and strategies

T Sun, L Wang, W Jiang - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in miniaturized portable electronics and progress on novel enabling technologies,
consequently accompanied by power consumption downgraded from the scale of milliwatts …

Half-Heusler alloys as emerging high power density thermoelectric cooling materials

H Zhu, W Li, A Nozariasbmarz, N Liu, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
To achieve optimal thermoelectric performance, it is crucial to manipulate the scattering
processes within materials to decouple the transport of phonons and electrons. In half …

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 …

High power density of radiative-cooled compact thermoelectric generator based on body heat harvesting

S Khan, J Kim, K Roh, G Park, W Kim - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Advancements in flexible and wearable electronics have led to the development of self-
powered, wearable systems. Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) offer promising solutions …

How far are we from achieving self‐powered flexible health monitoring systems: an energy perspective

H Yu, N Li, N Zhao - Advanced Energy Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development of flexible electronics and sensing technologies have made it
possible for the detection of various human vital signs and biomarkers through an extremely …

Battery‐free and wireless technologies for cardiovascular implantable medical devices

J Zhang, R Das, J Zhao, N Mirzai… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular disease continues to be one of the dominant causes of global mortality. One
effective treatment is to utilize cardiovascular implantable devices (cIMDs) with multi …

Advanced Energy Harvesters and Energy Storage for Powering Wearable and Implantable Medical Devices

Z Gao, Y Zhou, J Zhang, J Foroughi, S Peng… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wearable and implantable active medical devices (WIMDs) are transformative solutions for
improving healthcare, offering continuous health monitoring, early disease detection …

Review on wearable thermoelectric generators: from devices to applications

S Zhu, Z Fan, B Feng, R Shi, Z Jiang, Y Peng, J Gao… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wearable thermoelectric generators (WTEGs) can incessantly convert body heat into
electricity to power electronics. However, the low efficiency of thermoelectric materials, tiny …

Bismuth telluride thermoelectrics with 8% module efficiency for waste heat recovery application

A Nozariasbmarz, B Poudel, W Li, HB Kang, H Zhu… - IScience, 2020 - cell.com
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) offer cost-effective and sustainable solid-state energy
conversion mechanism from wasted heat into useful electrical power. Thermoelectric (TE) …