{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Liu Y"],"funding":["Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality","European Research Council","Shanghai Municipal Education Commission","Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft","Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)","National Natural Science Foundation of China","Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission)","National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["2141"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10923913"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Flexible thermoelectric devices show great promise as sustainable power units for the exponentially increasing self-powered wearable electronics and ultra-widely distributed wireless sensor networks. While exciting proof-of-concept demonstrations have been reported, their large-scale implementation is impeded by unsatisfactory device performance and costly device fabrication techniques. Here, we develop Ag<sub>2</sub>Se-based thermoelectric films and flexible devices via inkjet printing. Large-area patterned arrays with microscale resolution are obtained in a dimensionally controlled manner by manipulating ink formulations and tuning printing parameters. Printed Ag<sub>2</sub>Se-based films exhibit (00 l)-textured feature, and an exceptional power factor (1097 μWm<sup>-1</sup>K<sup>-2</sup> at 377 K) is obtained by engineering the film composition and microstructure. Benefiting from high-resolution device integration, fully inkjet-printed Ag<sub>2</sub>Se-based flexible devices achieve a record-high normalized power (2 µWK<sup>-2</sup>cm<sup>-2</sup>) and superior flexibility. Diverse application scenarios are offered by inkjet-printed devices, such as continuous power generation by harvesting thermal energy from the environment or human bodies. Our strategy demonstrates the potential to revolutionize the design and manufacture of multi-scale and complex flexible thermoelectric devices while reducing costs, enabling them to be integrated into emerging electronic systems as sustainable power sources."],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Fully inkjet-printed Ag<sub>2</sub>Se flexible thermoelectric devices for sustainable power generation."],"pmcid":["PMC10923913"],"funding_grant_id":["101097876","EXC-2082/1-390761711","62175248","202101070003E00110","20JC1415200"],"pubmed_authors":["Wan S","Zuo W","Zhang K","Lemmer U","Fu Y","Chen H","Zhang Q","Wang L","Liu Y","Cao X","Jiang W","Huang A","Wang Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Fully inkjet-printed Ag<sub>2</sub>Se flexible thermoelectric devices for sustainable power generation.","description":"Flexible thermoelectric devices show great promise as sustainable power units for the exponentially increasing self-powered wearable electronics and ultra-widely distributed wireless sensor networks. While exciting proof-of-concept demonstrations have been reported, their large-scale implementation is impeded by unsatisfactory device performance and costly device fabrication techniques. Here, we develop Ag<sub>2</sub>Se-based thermoelectric films and flexible devices via inkjet printing. Large-area patterned arrays with microscale resolution are obtained in a dimensionally controlled manner by manipulating ink formulations and tuning printing parameters. Printed Ag<sub>2</sub>Se-based films exhibit (00 l)-textured feature, and an exceptional power factor (1097 μWm<sup>-1</sup>K<sup>-2</sup> at 377 K) is obtained by engineering the film composition and microstructure. Benefiting from high-resolution device integration, fully inkjet-printed Ag<sub>2</sub>Se-based flexible devices achieve a record-high normalized power (2 µWK<sup>-2</sup>cm<sup>-2</sup>) and superior flexibility. Diverse application scenarios are offered by inkjet-printed devices, such as continuous power generation by harvesting thermal energy from the environment or human bodies. Our strategy demonstrates the potential to revolutionize the design and manufacture of multi-scale and complex flexible thermoelectric devices while reducing costs, enabling them to be integrated into emerging electronic systems as sustainable power sources.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Mar","modification":"2025-04-22T00:58:25.292Z","creation":"2025-04-05T19:50:22.774Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10923913","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38459024"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-024-46183-1"]}}