Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics

Chemical Society Reviews, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 53(18), С. 9254 - 9305

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

With the increasing demand for energy and climate challenges caused by consumption of traditional fuels, there is an urgent need to accelerate adoption green sustainable conversion storage technologies. The integration flexible thermoelectrics with other various technologies plays a crucial role, enabling multiple forms such as temperature differentials, solar energy, mechanical force, humidity into electricity. development these lays foundation power solutions promotes research progress in conversion. Given complexity rapid this field, review provides detailed overview multifunctional integrated based on thermoelectric focus improving material performance, optimizing design device structures, achieving flexibility expand their application scenarios, particularly multi-functionalization wearable Additionally, we discuss current bottlenecks future directions facilitate continuous advancement field.

Язык: Английский

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Recent trends and future perspectives of thermoelectric materials and their applications

RSC Advances, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(30), С. 21706 - 21744

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

This review explores the ever-evolving landscape of thermoelectric materials, focusing on latest trends and innovations in ceramics, thermally conductive gel-like metals, nanoparticles, polymers, silicon.

Язык: Английский

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Advancements in thermoelectric materials for efficient waste heat recovery and renewable energy generation

Hybrid Advances, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5, С. 100176 - 100176

Опубликована: Март 27, 2024

Recent advancements in thermoelectric (TE) materials have opened up new possibilities for efficient waste heat recovery and renewable energy generation. The latest innovations materials, including novel composites, nanostructured systems, low-dimensional significantly enhanced the performance, thereby enabling higher efficiency conversion. Integration strategies, such as incorporating modules into industrial exhaust streams, automotive exhausts, solar thermal collectors, demonstrated feasibility scalability of conversion technologies. Moreover, these not only offer a sustainable solution but also contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions enhancing overall efficiency, aligning with global efforts towards mitigating climate change. Thermoelectric provide an answer by turning excess electricity through Seebeck effect. It is crucial low conductivity (κ) high power factor (S2σ) when assessing using ZT metric. This review explores developments spanning diverse categories, SnSe series, HH alloys, BiTe organic-inorganic Cu2Se oxides, GeTe/PbTe series. Through detailed exploration preparation methods TE properties each material, offers insights their potential Additionally, it discusses strategies aimed at performance proposing promising avenues further improving applicability

Язык: Английский

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Lean-water hydrogel electrolyte with improved ion conductivity for dendrite-free zinc-Ion batteries

Chemical Engineering Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 490, С. 151524 - 151524

Опубликована: Апрель 22, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Deviceization of high-performance and flexible Ag2Se films for electronic skin and servo rotation angle control

Nature Communications, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15(1)

Опубликована: Сен. 27, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Towards achieving an ideal convergence of light and heavy electron conduction bands in SnTe: Insights into copper doping

Deleted Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 1, С. 100001 - 100001

Опубликована: Март 18, 2024

In recent years, tin telluride has garnered significant attention in the field of thermoelectrics, offering a promising avenue for sustainable ecofriendly conversion waste heat into electricity. The unique electronic structure this material makes it compelling candidate exploring innovative strategies to enhance its transport properties by employing substitutional doping. Among myriad elements doped, copper been considered an intriguing due ability lower thermal conductivity. However, impact on not thoroughly explored till date. Herein, we investigate nuanced aspect doping, specifically focusing tuning SnTe. Significantly, our findings reveal novel dimension showcasing potential n-type performance SnTe through near-perfect convergence conduction bands - feature observed when doped GeTe. We also shed light improvement p-type means valence band and increased gap. Furthermore, that doping allows contribution low-lying participate transport, ensuring higher Seebeck coefficient across entire temperature range. Overall, work provides panoramic view role improving co-efficient making lead-free several thermoelectric applications.

Язык: Английский

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Advances of thermoelectric power generation for room temperature: Applications, devices, materials and beyond

Renewable Energy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 226, С. 120443 - 120443

Опубликована: Апрель 5, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Defect Engineering Advances Thermoelectric Materials

ACS Nano, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 18(46), С. 31660 - 31712

Опубликована: Ноя. 5, 2024

Defect engineering is an effective method for tuning the performance of thermoelectric materials and shows significant promise in advancing performance. Given rapid progress this research field, Review summarizes recent advances application defect materials, offering insights into how can enhance By manipulating micro/nanostructure chemical composition to introduce defects at various scales, physical impacts diverse types on band structure, carrier phonon transport behaviors, improvement mechanical stability are comprehensively discussed. These findings provide more reliable efficient solutions practical applications materials. Additionally, development relevant characterization techniques theoretical models explored help identify optimal densities a given material. Finally, challenges faced conversion efficiency highlighted look ahead prospects strategies field presented.

Язык: Английский

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Optimization of Wet-Spun PEDOT:PSS Fibers for Thermoelectric Applications Through Innovative Triple Post-treatments

Advanced Fiber Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 6(5), С. 1616 - 1628

Опубликована: Июнь 21, 2024

Abstract Owing to the high flexibility, low thermal conductivity, and tunable electrical transport property, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) exhibits promising potential for designing flexible thermoelectric devices in form of films or fibers. However, Seebeck coefficient power factor PEDOT:PSS have restricted its practical applications. Here, we sequentially employ triple post-treatments with concentrated sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ), sodium borohydride (NaBH 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dichloroacetate (EMIM:DCA) enhance performance fibers a (55.4 ± 1.8) μW m −1 K −2 at 25 °C. Comprehensive characterizations confirm that excess insulating PSS can be selectively removed after H EMIM:DCA treatments, which induces conformational changes increase charge carrier mobility, leading enhanced conductivity. Simultaneously, NaBH treatment is employed adjust oxidation level, further optimizing coefficient. Additionally, assembled fiber show an output density (60.18 2.79) nW cm temperature difference 10 K, proving superior usability optimized This work provides insights into developing high-performance organic materials by modulating polymer chains. Graphical

Язык: Английский

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In-situ electronic modulation of ultra-high-capacity S-modified Cu/Cu2O electrodes for energy storage applications

Chemical Engineering Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 485, С. 149945 - 149945

Опубликована: Фев. 24, 2024

Язык: Английский

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