Flexible thermoelectric materials
Thermoelectric materials are a kind of materials that convert electric and heat directly based on thermoelectric effect, but traditional inorganic materials have some shortcomings such as brittleness and toxicity. Although traditional organic thermoelectric materials have good flexibility, their thermoelectric properties are low. So both the inorganic and organic thermoelectric materials are difficult to be directly applied in wearable field. In this field, the preparation and characterization of high performance organic thermoelectric materials, flexible inorganic thermoelectric materials and flexible organic/inorganic composite thermoelectric materials are mainly studied.
Wearable thermoelectric textiles
The human body is a constant source of heat, which emits heat to the outside world at all times. The purpose of this direction is to use traditional textile technology to weave organic or inorganic thermoelectric materials into thermoelectric textiles that can be directly worn by human body, so as to harvest human heat and convert it into electricity at all times, and then continuously power wearable electronics.