Abstract:Harvesting energy from the environment to power the self-sustained systems has long been desired1,2. Ionic thermoelectric (i-TE) material with mobile ions as charge carriers has the advantage to generate large thermal voltages at low operating temperatures3-5. Recent works improved the thermopower substantially by modifying the polymer matrix of the i-TE hydrogels6-9. But the mobile ions have not been systematically studied in the context of i-TE hydrogels. This study highlights the role of ions in i-TE hydrog… Show more
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