Liquid Metal Enabled Thermoelectric Effects: Fundamental and Application

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 35; no. 32
• Main Authors: Guan, Tangzhen, Gao, Jianye, Hua, Chen, Tao, Yiyue, Ma, Yibing, Liu, Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 08.08.2025
• Subjects: Contact resistance; Electric contacts; Electrical resistivity; Flexibility; Gallium; Healing; Heat conductivity; Heat transfer; interconnects; Liquid metals; printed thermoelectric materials; Semiconductors; Stretchability; Thermal conductivity; thermoelectric effect; Thermoelectric materials

The thermoelectric (TE) effect, capable of directly converting heat into electrical energy, has catalyzed the development of numerous next‐generation functional devices. However, traditional TE generators (TEGs), predominantly composed of rigid materials, are unable to maintain synchronous deformati...