Advanced Thermoelectric Textiles for Power Generation: Principles, Design, and Manufacturing

Abstract Self‐powered wearable thermoelectric (TE) devices significantly reduce the inconvenience caused to users, especially in daily use of portable devices and monitoring personal health. The textile‐based TE devices (TETs) exhibit the excellent flexibility, deformability, and light weight, which...

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Main Authors: Xinyi Chen, Xiaona Yang, Xue Han, Zuping Ruan, Jinchuan Xu, Fuli Huang, Kun Zhang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-02-01
Series:Global Challenges
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202300023
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author Xinyi Chen
Xiaona Yang
Xue Han
Zuping Ruan
Jinchuan Xu
Fuli Huang
Kun Zhang
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Xiaona Yang
Xue Han
Zuping Ruan
Jinchuan Xu
Fuli Huang
Kun Zhang
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description Abstract Self‐powered wearable thermoelectric (TE) devices significantly reduce the inconvenience caused to users, especially in daily use of portable devices and monitoring personal health. The textile‐based TE devices (TETs) exhibit the excellent flexibility, deformability, and light weight, which fulfill demands of long‐term wearing for the human body. In comparison to traditional TE devices with their longstanding research history, TETs are still in an initial stage of growth. In recent years, TETs to provide electricity for low‐power wearable electronics have attracted increasing attention. This review summarizes the recent progress of TETs from the points of selecting TE materials, scalable fabrication methods of TE fibers/yarns and TETs, structure design of TETs and reported high‐performance TETs. The key points to develop TETs with outstanding TE properties and mechanical performance and better than available optimization strategies are discussed. Furthermore, remaining challenges and perspectives of TETs are also proposed to suggest practical applications for heat harvesting from human body.
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spelling doaj.art-c2a2e66164514c3c9882239a02b7f5242024-02-13T09:10:16ZengWileyGlobal Challenges2056-66462024-02-0182n/an/a10.1002/gch2.202300023Advanced Thermoelectric Textiles for Power Generation: Principles, Design, and ManufacturingXinyi Chen0Xiaona Yang1Xue Han2Zuping Ruan3Jinchuan Xu4Fuli Huang5Kun Zhang6Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology Ministry of Education Donghua University Shanghai 200051 ChinaKey Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology Ministry of Education Donghua University Shanghai 200051 ChinaKey Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology Ministry of Education Donghua University Shanghai 200051 ChinaKey Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology Ministry of Education Donghua University Shanghai 200051 ChinaKey Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology Ministry of Education Donghua University Shanghai 200051 ChinaKey Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology Ministry of Education Donghua University Shanghai 200051 ChinaKey Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology Ministry of Education Donghua University Shanghai 200051 ChinaAbstract Self‐powered wearable thermoelectric (TE) devices significantly reduce the inconvenience caused to users, especially in daily use of portable devices and monitoring personal health. The textile‐based TE devices (TETs) exhibit the excellent flexibility, deformability, and light weight, which fulfill demands of long‐term wearing for the human body. In comparison to traditional TE devices with their longstanding research history, TETs are still in an initial stage of growth. In recent years, TETs to provide electricity for low‐power wearable electronics have attracted increasing attention. This review summarizes the recent progress of TETs from the points of selecting TE materials, scalable fabrication methods of TE fibers/yarns and TETs, structure design of TETs and reported high‐performance TETs. The key points to develop TETs with outstanding TE properties and mechanical performance and better than available optimization strategies are discussed. Furthermore, remaining challenges and perspectives of TETs are also proposed to suggest practical applications for heat harvesting from human body.https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202300023interfacial interactionpower generationtextilethermal resistancethermoelectrics
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Xiaona Yang
Xue Han
Zuping Ruan
Jinchuan Xu
Fuli Huang
Kun Zhang
Advanced Thermoelectric Textiles for Power Generation: Principles, Design, and Manufacturing
Global Challenges
interfacial interaction
power generation
textile
thermal resistance
thermoelectrics
title Advanced Thermoelectric Textiles for Power Generation: Principles, Design, and Manufacturing
title_full Advanced Thermoelectric Textiles for Power Generation: Principles, Design, and Manufacturing
title_fullStr Advanced Thermoelectric Textiles for Power Generation: Principles, Design, and Manufacturing
title_full_unstemmed Advanced Thermoelectric Textiles for Power Generation: Principles, Design, and Manufacturing
title_short Advanced Thermoelectric Textiles for Power Generation: Principles, Design, and Manufacturing
title_sort advanced thermoelectric textiles for power generation principles design and manufacturing
topic interfacial interaction
power generation
textile
thermal resistance
thermoelectrics
url https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202300023
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