Flexible self-charging power sources

R Liu, ZL Wang, K Fukuda, T Someya - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Power supply is one of the bottlenecks to realizing untethered wearable electronics, soft
robotics and the internet of things. Flexible self-charging power sources integrate energy …

Multimodal sensors with decoupled sensing mechanisms

R Yang, W Zhang, N Tiwari, H Yan, T Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Highly sensitive and multimodal sensors have recently emerged for a wide range of
applications, including epidermal electronics, robotics, health‐monitoring devices and …

Unconventional thermoelectric materials for energy harvesting and sensing applications

M Massetti, F Jiao, AJ Ferguson, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heat is an abundant but often wasted source of energy. Thus, harvesting just a portion of this
tremendous amount of energy holds significant promise for a more sustainable society …

Advances in ionic thermoelectrics: from materials to devices

S Sun, M Li, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As an extended member of the thermoelectric family, ionic thermoelectrics (i‐TEs) exhibit
exceptional Seebeck coefficients and applicable power factors, and as a result have …

Recent advances in thermoregulatory clothing: materials, mechanisms, and perspectives

L Lei, S Shi, D Wang, S Meng, JG Dai, S Fu, J Hu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Personal thermal management (PTM) is a promising approach for maintaining the thermal
comfort zone of the human body while minimizing the energy consumption of indoor …

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 …

In situ photocatalytically enhanced thermogalvanic cells for electricity and hydrogen production

Y Wang, Y Zhang, X Xin, J Yang, M Wang, R Wang… - Science, 2023 - science.org
High-performance thermogalvanic cells have the potential to convert thermal energy into
electricity, but their effectiveness is limited by the low concentration difference of redox ions …

Thermosensitive crystallization–boosted liquid thermocells for low-grade heat harvesting

B Yu, J Duan, H Cong, W Xie, R Liu, X Zhuang… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Low-grade heat (below 373 kelvin) is abundant and ubiquitous but is mostly wasted
because present recovery technologies are not cost-effective. The liquid-state thermocell …

A brief review on supercapacitor energy storage devices and utilization of natural carbon resources as their electrode materials

BK Saikia, SM Benoy, M Bora, J Tamuly, M Pandey… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Affordable and clean energy is one of the major sustainable development goals that can
transform our world. Currently, researchers are focusing on cheap carbon electrode …

Giant thermopower of ionic gelatin near room temperature

CG Han, X Qian, Q Li, B Deng, Y Zhu, Z Han, W Zhang… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Harvesting heat from the environment into electricity has the potential to power Internet-of-
things (IoT) sensors, freeing them from cables or batteries and thus making them especially …