We are witnessing an unprecedented expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) market, whose
nodes are already outnumbering human population several times. Despite the huge …

Nanowire-based technological advancements thrive in various fields, including energy
generation and storage, sensors, and electronics. Among the identified nanowires, silicon …

Used for thermal energy harvesting, thermoelectric generator (TEG) can convert heat into
electricity directly. Structurally, the main part of TEG is the thermopile, which consists of …

In our environment, the large availability of wasted heat has motivated the search for
methods to harvest heat. As a reliable way to supply energy, SiGe has been used for …

The field of thermoelectric research has undergone a renaissance and boom in the past two
and a half decades, largely fueled by the prospect of engineering electronic and phononic …

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 …

Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) represent a new class of materials and a shift from
conventional two-dimensional bulk thin films to three-dimensional devices. Unlike thin film …

This work summarizes the recent progress on the thermal transport properties of 3D
nanostructures, with an emphasis on experimental results. Depending on the applications …

Microelectronic thermoelectric generators (TEGs), which can recycle waste heat into
electrical power, have applications ranging from the on-chip thermal management of …

Thermoelectric generators, which convert heat directly into electrical power, have great
potentialities in the energy harvesting field. The exploitation of these potentialities is limited …