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Weavable thermoelectrics: advances, controversies, and future developments

Materials Futures
Owing to the capability of the conversion between thermal energy and electrical energy and their advantages of light weight, compactness, noise-free operation, and precision reliability, wearable thermoelectrics show great potential for diverse ...
Xiao-Lei Shi, Shuai Sun, Ting Wu, Jian Tu, Zhiming Zhou, Qingfeng Liu, Zhi-Gang Chen   +6 more
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Design and Analysis of a Two-Stage Cascade System for Heating and Hot Water Production in Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings Using Thermoelectric Technology

Buildings
This paper proposes an innovative system that integrates two thermoelectric heat pumps (one air–water and the other water–water) with two thermal storage tanks at different temperatures to provide heating and domestic hot water to a 73.3 m2 passive-house-
Javier Ordóñez, Sergio Díaz de Garayo, Álvaro Martínez, Fernando Algarra, David Astrain   +4 more
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Revealing the Hidden Role of Cd in p‐Type Mg3Sb2: Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance by Grain Boundary Segregation Engineering

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The hidden role of Cd segregation at grain boundaries is revealed in p‐type Mg3Sb2 by atom probe tomography and other advanced characterizations. Grain boundary Cd enrichment suppresses the SbMg+ hole‐killer formation and lowers potential barriers, enhancing electrical conductivity.
Zhou Li, Deming Dong, Xiaoyu Yang, Jun Qian, Mengruizhe Kong, Han Wan, Ni Ma, Wei Bai, Pengfei Nan, Binghui Ge, Jiming Song, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Yuan Yu   +12 more
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Energy Harvesting and Management for Wireless Autonomous Sensors

, 2008
Wireless autonomous sensors that harvest ambient energy are attractive solutions, due to their convenience and economic benefits. A number of wireless autonomous sensor platforms which consume less than 100?W under duty-cycled operation are available ...
Al-Hashimi, Bashir M., Harris, Nick R., Merrett, Geoff V., Weddell, Alexander S.   +3 more
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Record‐High Thermoelectric Performance in Al‐Doped ZnO via Anderson Localization of Band Edge States

Advanced Science
Oxides are of interest for thermoelectrics due to their high thermal stability, chemical inertness, low cost, and eco‐friendly constituting elements. Here, adopting a unique synthesis route via chemical co‐precipitation at strongly alkaline conditions ...
Illia Serhiienko, Andrei Novitskii, Fabian Garmroudi, Evgeny Kolesnikov, Evgenia Chernyshova, Tatyana Sviridova, Aleksei Bogach, Andrei Voronin, Hieu Duy Nguyen, Naoyuki Kawamoto, Ernst Bauer, Vladimir Khovaylo, Takao Mori   +12 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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Thermionic Energy Conversion (TEC) topping thermoelectrics [PDF]

, 1981
Performance expectations for thermionic and thermoelectric energy conversion systems are reviewed. It is noted that internal radiation effects diminish thermoelectric figures of merit significantly at 1000 K and substantially at 2000 K; the effective ...
Morris, J. F.
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Artificial Intelligence‐Assisted Workflow for Transmission Electron Microscopy: From Data Analysis Automation to Materials Knowledge Unveiling

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
AI‐Assisted Workflow for (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy: From Data Analysis Automation to Materials Knowledge Unveiling. Abstract (Scanning) transmission electron microscopy ((S)TEM) has significantly advanced materials science but faces challenges in correlating precise atomic structure information with the functional properties of ...
Marc Botifoll, Ivan Pinto‐Huguet, Enzo Rotunno, Thomas Galvani, Catalina Coll, Payam Habibzadeh Kavkani, Maria Chiara Spadaro, Yann‐Michel Niquet, Martin Børstad Eriksen, Sara Martí‐Sánchez, Georgios Katsaros, Giordano Scappucci, Peter Krogstrup, Giovanni Isella, Andreu Cabot, Gonzalo Merino, Pablo Ordejón, Stephan Roche, Vincenzo Grillo, Jordi Arbiol   +19 more
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Opportunities of Semiconducting Oxide Nanostructures as Advanced Luminescent Materials in Photonics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The review discusses the challenges of wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconducting oxides as a suitable material platform for photonics. They offer great versatility in terms of tuning microstructure, native defects, doping, anisotropy, and micro‐ and nano‐structuring. The review focuses on their light emission, light‐confinement in optical cavities, and
Ana Cremades, Pedro Hidalgo, David Maestre, Ruth Martínez‐Casado, Emilio Nogales, Beatriz Rodríguez, G. Cristian Vásquez, Bianchi Méndez   +7 more
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3D Anodic Alumina Nanoarchitectures: A Decade of Progress from Foundational Science to Functional Metamaterials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ordered three‐dimensional anodic aluminum oxide (3D‐AAO) nanoarchitectures with longitudinal and transverse pores enable architecture‐driven metamaterials. The review maps fabrication advances, including hybrid pulse anodization, and shows how 3D‐AAO templates tailor properties across magnetism, energy, catalysis, and sensing.
Marisol Martín‐González
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