scholarly journals Recent advances in printable thermoelectric devices: materials, printing techniques, and applications

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 8421-8434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Sharafat Hossain ◽  
Tianzhi Li ◽  
Yang Yu ◽  
Jason Yong ◽  
Je-Hyeong Bahk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Thermoelectric Device ◽  
Fabrication Technique ◽  
Thermoelectric Devices ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Printing Techniques

Additive printing as a low-cost and efficient fabrication technique for thermoelectric device is reviewed targeting the application of energy harvesting from human body.

scholarly journals Flexible Thermoelectric Device Using Thick Films for Energy Harvesting from the Human Body

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 518-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Ki Cho ◽  
Da Hye Kim ◽  
Hye Sun Sin ◽  
Churl-Hee Cho ◽  
Seungwoo Han
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Thick Films ◽  
Thermoelectric Device ◽  
Flexible Thermoelectric

Flexible thermoelectric materials and device optimization for wearable energy harvesting

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (40) ◽  
pp. 10362-10374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Je-Hyeong Bahk ◽  
Haiyu Fang ◽  
Kazuaki Yazawa ◽  
Ali Shakouri
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Heat Energy ◽  
Device Optimization ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Flexible Thermoelectric ◽  
Body Heat

In this paper, we review recent advances in the development of flexible thermoelectric materials and devices for wearable human body-heat energy harvesting applications.

scholarly journals Recent Advances on Conducting Polymers Based Nanogenerators for Energy Harvesting

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1308
Author(s):  
Weichi Zhang ◽  
Liwen You ◽  
Xiao Meng ◽  
Bozhi Wang ◽  
Dabin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Conducting Polymers ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Potential Applications

With the rapid growth of numerous portable electronics, it is critical to develop high-performance, lightweight, and environmentally sustainable energy generation and power supply systems. The flexible nanogenerators, including piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENG) and triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG), are currently viable candidates for combination with personal devices and wireless sensors to achieve sustained energy for long-term working circumstances due to their great mechanical qualities, superior environmental adaptability, and outstanding energy-harvesting performance. Conductive materials for electrode as the critical component in nanogenerators, have been intensively investigated to optimize their performance and avoid high-cost and time-consuming manufacture processing. Recently, because of their low cost, large-scale production, simple synthesis procedures, and controlled electrical conductivity, conducting polymers (CPs) have been utilized in a wide range of scientific domains. CPs have also become increasingly significant in nanogenerators. In this review, we summarize the recent advances on CP-based PENG and TENG for biomechanical energy harvesting. A thorough overview of recent advancements and development of CP-based nanogenerators with various configurations are presented and prospects of scientific and technological challenges from performance to potential applications are discussed.

Opening up a New Field of Modern Medical Research 1

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoguang Li
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Acupuncture Point ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Body Structure ◽  
Special Effect ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Opening Up

Modern medicine tells us that the human body is an organism composed of heart, lung, liver, kidney, spleen, stomach, brain, nerves, muscles, bones, blood vessels, blood and so on, while traditional Chinese medicine believes that besides these tissues and organs, the human body still has another part of the structure, traditional Chinese medicine calls them Jing Luo and Shu Xue. Jing Luo means the longitudinal line of the human body and the accompanying net, translated into English Meridians and Collaterals. Shu Xue means holes distributed on Jing Luo and outside Jing Luo, because stimulating Shu Xue's position by acupuncture, massage and other methods can cure diseases, so Shu Xue is translated into English acupuncture point, abbreviated as acupoint or point. Meridians and acupoints are the special knowledge of human body structure in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine not only draws the distribution map of the meridians and acupoints in the human body, but also has been using them to treat diseases for thousands of years. There are hundreds of these acupoints, stimulating each one by acupuncture, massage or other methods will have a special effect on the human body and can treat various diseases. But what effect does stimulating every acupoint have on the human body so that it can treat various diseases? The discussion of traditional Chinese medicine is vague and incomprehensible, and can not be proved by experiments. According to the author's research for more than 30 years, this paper makes a clear and accurate exposition of the effects on the human body and diseases that can be treated with acupoint massage. These statements can be proved by experiments, so they are believed to be reliable. It is hoped that meridians, acupoints and massage therapy can be incorporated into modern medicine and become a part of modern medicine after being proved by others through experiments. Massaging acupoints can not only treat many diseases that are difficult to be treated with drugs, but also have simple methods and low cost.

scholarly journals Recent Advances of Photocatalytic Application in Water Treatment: A Review

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1804
Author(s):  
Guangmin Ren ◽  
Hongtao Han ◽  
Yixuan Wang ◽  
Sitong Liu ◽  
Jianyong Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Rapid Progress ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Photocatalytic Application ◽  
Oxidation Technology ◽  
Performance Challenges

Photocatalysis holds great promise as an efficient and sustainable oxidation technology for application in wastewater treatment. Rapid progress developing novel materials has propelled photocatalysis to the forefront of sustainable wastewater treatments. This review presents the latest progress on applications of photocatalytic wastewater treatment. Our focus is on strategies for improving performance. Challenges and outlooks in this promising field are also discussed. We hope this review will help researchers design low-cost and high-efficiency photocatalysts for water treatment.

Silk fabric-based wearable thermoelectric generator for energy harvesting from the human body

2016 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhisong Lu ◽  
Huihui Zhang ◽  
Cuiping Mao ◽  
Chang Ming Li
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Thermoelectric Generator ◽  
Silk Fabric
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