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Review Article

Design of flexible inorganic thermoelectric devices for decrease of heat loss

Defang Ding1,§, Fengming Sun1,§, Fan Xia1( ), Zhiyong Tang2,3
Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences (CUG), 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan 430074, China
CAS key laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, No.11, Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 A Yuquan Rd, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China

§ Defang Ding and Fengming Sun contributed equally to this work.

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Abstract

Thermoelectric (TE) devices can realize the conversion of heat energy and electrical power based on Seebeck effect and Peltier effect. Among them, flexible TE devices have received more attention recently due to their better attachment to various heat sources and aimed components with arbitrary shapes. To improve the performance of flexible TE devices for various application scenarios, large efforts have been made to design the leg patterns, the electrical and thermal contact issues, and the substrate and encapsulation materials for the decrease of heat loss. This paper is to review the advancements about the design of flexible inorganic TE devices over the last decade. Firstly, the design of flexible thin-film TE devices based on the direction of temperature gradient, including the patterns of TE legs, the fabrication methods, and the flexible substrate materials is summarized. Secondly, the design of wearable TE devices that contains common architecture of the module, the substrates and encapsulations, the electrical and thermal contact, and some thin-film based wearable devices with curving TE legs is demonstrated. Thirdly, the characterizations of the flexibility of TE devices and the current applications are outlined. Moreover, some views about the future development for TE devices are proposed.

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flexiblewearablethermoelectric devicepatterncontact

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Nano Research
Volume 14 Issue 7,
July 2021
Pages 2090-2104
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-3195-9
Cite this article:
Ding D, Sun F, Xia F, et al. Design of flexible inorganic thermoelectric devices for decrease of heat loss. Nano Research, 2021, 14(7): 2090-2104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3195-9
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SubstratesThin filmsWearable technology

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Received: 23 August 2020
Revised: 07 October 2020
Accepted: 19 October 2020
Published: 05 July 2021
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