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Janus Helical Ribbon Structure of Ordered Nanowire Films for Flexible Solar Thermoelectric Devices

Cheng Chen, Bin Zhao, Rui Wang, Zhen He, Jin‐Long Wang, Mingke Hu, Xin‐Lin Li, Gang Pei, Jian‐Wei Liu, Shu‐Hong Yu

Advanced Materials· Volume 34· Issue 44
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Abstract

Abstract Solar thermoelectric devices play a significant role in addressing the problem of global warming, owing to their unique features of converting both waste heat and solar energy directly into electricity. Herein, a flexible 3D Janus helical ribbon architecture is designed, starting from well‐aligned tellurium (Te) nanowire film, using an in situ redox process reacting with Ag+ and Cu2+ resulting in n‐type, p‐type, and photothermal sides in one film. Remarkably, the device shows all‐day electricity generation and large temperature gradient by coupling the cold side with a passive radiative cooling technique and the hot side with a selective solar absorption technique, showing a temperature gradient of 29.5 K, which is much higher than previously reported devices under a low solar radiation of only 614 W m−2. Especially, the device can still generate electricity even at night. The present strategy offers a new way for heat management by efficiently utilizing solar energy and the cold of the universe.
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Nanomaterials

OpenAlex topics: Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies · Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices · Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

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Affiliations

Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale Institute of Energy Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center Department of Chemistry Institute of Biomimetic Materials & Chemistry Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China

Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230027 China

Institute of Innovative Materials Department of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China

Department of Architecture and Built Environment University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · National Key Research and Development Program of China

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