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Versatile polymer-coated Ag2Se thermoelectric materials and devices for multi-scenario applications developed by direct-ink printing [PDF]

Nature Communications
Flexible thermoelectrics offer eco-friendly solutions for wearable health monitoring, smart sensors, and energy harvesting. However, challenges remain in device fabrication and performance enhancement.
Jie Qin, Yong Du, Qiufeng Meng, Song Chen, Min Hong, Qinfei Ke   +5 more
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Recent Developments in Flexible Thermoelectric Devices

Small Science, 2021
Flexible thermoelectrics, including flexible thermoelectric materials and devices, can directly convert the heat from human body into useful electricity, providing a promising solution for uninterrupted power to wearables.
Shiqi Yang, Pengfei Qiu, Lidong Chen, Xun Shi   +3 more
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Controlling the Film Microstructure in Organic Thermoelectrics

Organic Materials, 2021
Doping is a vital method to increase the charge carrier concentration of conjugated polymers, thus improving the performance of organic electronic devices. However, the introduction of dopants may cause phase separation.
Miao Xiong, Jie-Yu Wang, Jian Pei
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Advances in carbon‐based thermoelectric materials for high‐performance, flexible thermoelectric devices

Carbon Energy, 2021
Waste energy harvesting can contribute to the increase of the efficiency of many industrial processes, which consume energy to produce valuable products.
Jeong‐Seob Yun, Seongyun Choi, Sang Hyuk Im   +2 more
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Plastic/Ductile Bulk 2D van der Waals Single‐Crystalline SnSe2 for Flexible Thermoelectrics

Advanced Science, 2022
The recently discovered ductile/plastic inorganic semiconductors pave a new avenue toward flexible thermoelectrics. However, the power factors of current ductile/plastic inorganic semiconductors are usually low (below 5 µW cm−1 K−2) as compared with ...
Tingting Deng, Zhiqiang Gao, Pengfei Qiu, Tian‐Ran Wei, Jie Xiao, Genshui Wang, Lidong Chen, Xun Shi   +7 more
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Highly Electron‐Donating Bipyranylidene Derivatives: Potential n‐Type Dopants for Organic Thermoelectrics

Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research, 2021
The design, synthesis, and characterization of new electron‐donor molecules with the closed‐shell electronic structure are described. The molecular design features the use of a bipyranylidene 7π‐electron system together with strong electron‐donating ...
Takaya Matsuo, Kohsuke Kawabata, Kazuo Takimiya   +2 more
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Exceptional thermoelectric properties of flexible organic−inorganic hybrids with monodispersed and periodic nanophase

Nature Communications, 2018
The potential of flexible organic/inorganic hybrids for thermoelectrics is limited by the inability to control their microstructure. Here, the authors demonstrate polymer-nanoparticle hybrids with a monodispersed, periodic nanophase that shows high ...
Liming Wang, Zimeng Zhang, Yuchen Liu, Biran Wang, Lei Fang, Jingjing Qiu, Kun Zhang, Shiren Wang   +7 more
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Polymer morphology and interfacial charge transfer dominate over energy-dependent scattering in organic-inorganic thermoelectrics

Nature Communications, 2018
To realize the potential of soft hybrid (inorganic-organic) materials for thermoelectrics, the underlying transport-related physics must be understood. Here, the authors extend the Kang-Synder framework with experimental analysis to gain insight on the ...
Pawan Kumar, Edmond W. Zaia, Erol Yildirim, D. V. Maheswar Repaka, Shuo-Wang Yang, Jeffrey J. Urban, Kedar Hippalgaonkar   +6 more
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An Iminostilbene Functionalized Benzimidazoline for Enhanced n‐Type Solution Doping of Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Thermoelectrics

Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2023
Doped organic semiconductors play a central role in the development of several innovative optoelectronic and energy harvesting applications. Currently, the realization of thermoelectric generators, which require both hole‐ and electron‐transporting ...
Pietro Rossi, Francesca Pallini, Giulia Coco, Sara Mattiello, Wen Liang Tan, Lorenzo Mezzomo, Marco Cassinelli, Guglielmo Lanzani, Christopher R. McNeill, Luca Beverina, Mario Caironi   +10 more
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Thermoelectric materials and applications for energy harvesting power generation

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 2018
Thermoelectrics, in particular solid-state conversion of heat to electricity, is expected to be a key energy harvesting technology to power ubiquitous sensors and wearable devices in the future.
Ioannis Petsagkourakis, Klas Tybrandt, Xavier Crispin, Isao Ohkubo, Norifusa Satoh, Takao Mori   +5 more
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