Fiber-based thermoelectrics for solid, portable, and wearable electronics
With the growing demand for solid, portable, and wearable electronics, exploring recyclable and stable charging and cooling techniques is of significance. Fiber-based thermoelectrics, enabling sustainable power generation driven by the temperature difference or refrigeration without noise and freon,...
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| Published in | Energy & environmental science Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 729 - 764 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Cambridge
Royal Society of Chemistry
01.01.2021
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| Summary: | With the growing demand for solid, portable, and wearable electronics, exploring recyclable and stable charging and cooling techniques is of significance. Fiber-based thermoelectrics, enabling sustainable power generation driven by the temperature difference or refrigeration without noise and freon, exhibit great potential for application in advanced electronics. In this work, we review significant advances in fiber-based thermoelectrics, including inorganic fibers, organic fibers, inorganic/organic hybrid fibers, and fiber-based fabrics and devices. The fundamentals, synthesis, characterizations, property evaluation, and applications of thermoelectric fibers are comprehensively discussed with carefully selected cases, and corresponding thermoelectric devices based on these advanced fibers are introduced for both power generation and refrigeration. Furthermore, we point out challenges and future directions toward the development of fiber-based thermoelectrics.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress of fiber-based thermoelectric materials and devices for solid, portable, and wearable electronics. |
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| Bibliography: | Zhi-Gang Chen is currently a Professor of Energy Materials in the University of Southern Queensland (USQ). He received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Science, in 2008. After his PhD, he worked at the University of Queensland for seven years before moving to USQ in 2016. His research concentrates on smart functional materials for thermoelectrics and nanoelectronics from synthesized materials, and understanding their underlying physics and chemistry. Xiao-Lei Shi is currently a Research Fellow on Energy Materials at the University of Southern Queensland. He received his PhD degree in 2019 from the University of Queensland under the supervision of Prof. Jin Zou and Prof. Zhi-Gang Chen with a research focus on the development of high-performance thermoelectrics and underlying physics and chemistry. Wen-Yi Chen received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Queensland in 2018. He is a research candidate for a Master's degree at the University of Queensland. His current research focuses on fiber-based thermoelectric materials and devices under the supervision of Professor Zhi-Gang Chen and Dr Xiao-Lei Shi. Ting Zhang received his PhD degree in Condensed Matter Physics from Beijing Normal University, China, in 2014. After that, he was a Research Fellow for one year at the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is currently a Research Fellow in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests focus on photonics, optoelectronic, thermoelectric and thermal transport based on nanostructures and nanomaterials, and flexible devices for energy harvest and storage. Jin Zou is currently the Chair of Nanoscience at the University of Queensland. He received his PhD in Materials Physics in late 1993 from Sydney University, Australia, and worked there for 10 years with various prestigious fellowships, including an Australian Government's Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship. In the second half of 2003, Professor Zou moved to the University of Queensland, and continued his research in the field of semiconductor nanostructures for energy-related applications. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 |
| ISSN: | 1754-5692 1754-5706 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d0ee03520c |