坚固的可曲热电发电机由弹性增强使之成为可能.
Wenjun Ding1, Xinyi Shen1, Min Jin2
1Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Nature communications
|November 11, 2024
概括
这项研究介绍了使用工程化银 (Ag2Se) 的高度灵活的无机热电发电机. 这些设备表现出特殊的可曲性,可以使用人体热量为可穿戴电子设备提供动力.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 凝聚物质物理学 凝聚物质物理学
- 收集能源 收集能源
背景情况:
- 热电发电机 (TEGs) 使用人体热量为可穿戴电子设备提供连续电力.
- 无机TEG虽然高效,但由于材料的刚性而缺乏可穿戴应用所需的灵活性.
- 在高性能热电器中实现可回收的灵活性对于无集成到可穿戴设备至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发高度弹性和可回收的无机热电发电机,以提供连续可穿戴的电力.
- 设计银化物 (Ag2Se) 的微观结构,以提高其弹性和曲性能.
- 展示一个可行的策略,为各种体内应用创造强大,灵活的TEG.
主要方法:
- 通过多通道热技术对Ag2Se的微结构工程.
- 诱导密集的位移和精炼谷物结构以提高材料弹性.
- 制造薄型热电发电机,能够产生很大的弹性应变和可回收曲.
主要成果:
- 在3毫米的曲半径下,实现了超过100万个周期的创纪录的曲能力.
- 经过广泛的曲后,已证明热电性能完全可恢复.
- 在弹性薄型热电发电机中表现出非凡的功率密度.
- 由于微观结构的修改,工程Ag2Se表现出显著增强的弹性.
结论:
- 通过热的Ag2Se的微结构工程为高度灵活的无机热电提供了一个有希望的途径.
- 开发的弹性薄型热电发电机适用于人体上的曲面.
- 这项工作为强大而耐用的无机可穿戴热电器件带来了重大进展.
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