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| THE ROOM OF THERMOELECTRICS |
 2026-01-12 |
Production of a W-class independent solar power supply There is an electronic product using a Peltier module in the February issue of Toragi. |
| SOURCE： CQ Publishing (in Japanese) | |
| 2026-01-11 | Development of thermoelectric power generation systems using industrial waste heat There was an article about thermoelectrics in the January issue of "Clean Technology." |
| SOURCE： JAPAN INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHING (in Japanese) | |
| 2026-01-10 | Development of LLM-assisted data curation tools for the Starrydata materials science database The Starrydata materials science database has evolved. |
| SOURCE： Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. Meth.（DOI: 10.1080/27660400.2025.2590811） | |
| 2026-01-09 | Sheetak's new thermoelectric coolers Sheetak introduces µCENTUM™ micro thermoelectric coolers for precision thermal management. |
| SOURCE： Sheetak Inc. | |
| 2026-01-07 | Naintech exhibit at CES 2026 Naintech plans to showcase high-efficiency, high-reliability thermoelectric modules and system solutions designed for practical data center applications. |
| SOURCE： VENTURESQUARE | |
| 2026-01-05 | SnSe: A Versatile Material for Thermoelectric and Optoelectronic Applications This review systematically summarizes recent progress in understanding the structure–property–processing relationships that govern SnSe performance in thermoelectric and optoelectronic applications. |
| SOURCE： Coatings（registering DOI: 10.3390/coatings16010056) | |
| 2026-01-03 | Highly mobile carrier-driven Seebeck coefficient enhancement The authors show that the Seebeck coefficient can be improved when the additional converging band contributes highly mobile carriers, even if they have minimal impact on carrier density. |
| SOURCE： npj Quantum Materials（DOI: 10.1038/s41535-025-00837-5) | |
| 2026-01-02 | Unifying Thermopower: Entropy and Specific Heat in Magnetic, Superconducting, Nanoscale, and Frustrated Systems The authors present a unified framework showing that entropy per carrier, not specific heat, is the universal driver of thermopower in both closed and open systems. |
| SOURCE： iScience（DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.114565) | |
| 2026-01-01 | Is the field of organic thermoelectrics stuck? The authors use aggregate data to discuss how far the approaches pursued till date have brought the community in terms of typical performance indicators for doped semiconductors in the context of thermoelectric applications. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Materials Research（DOI: 10.1557/s43578-024-01321-9) | |
| 2025-12-31 | Small Animal House This prototype was exhibited at Tokyo International Industry Exhibition 2025, held at Tokyo Big Sight from November 26th to 28th. |
| SOURCE： TOKYO INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY EXHIBITION (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-30 | Roadmap on quantum magnetic materials There is a temperature evolution of the Seebeck coefficient through a magnetic phase transition of CrSBr. |
| SOURCE： 2D Materials（DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/adbe89) | |
| 2025-12-29 | Crowdfunding for an electric cooler and warmer bag "Colli," which was released at the beginning of the year, was well received, but the new product seems to be off to a poor start. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-28 | Instant cooling smartphone wireless charger It was exhibited on the crowdfunding site Makuake. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-27 | Revolution in Cooling Technology According to a creator of note.com, CHESS (Controlled Hierarchically Engineered Superlattice Structures) will be put into practical use in three years. |
| SOURCE： note.com (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-26 | Entropy-guided design of thermoelectric properties in multi-component compounds This review critically evaluates how configurational entropy, introduced through multicomponent alloying, governs phase stabilization and transition temperatures, thereby enabling improved thermoelectric performance. |
| SOURCE： Matter（DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2025.102410) | |
| 2025-12-25 | Standard Reference Thermoelectric Module Researchers at the Korea Institute of Energy Research and other institutions have developed a standard reference thermoelectric module. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces（DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c14320) | |
| 2025-12-24 | Giant Magneto-Transport Properties Induced by Spin Fluctuations STI Horizon introduced Dr. Fujisiro, RIKEN ECL Unit Leader, who is working on magnetic topological materials. |
| SOURCE： STI Horizon（DOI: 10.15108/stih.00421, in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-23 | Converting heat into electricity using clay There was an article about the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in the December 9th issue of the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. |
| SOURCE： Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-22 | Enhanced Oxidation and Thermal Shock Resistance of N-type Mg2Si0.89(Sn0.1,Sb0.01) Thermoelectric Material via Cr0.9Si0.1 Coating The findings strongly support the use of Cr0.9Si0.1 coatings as an effective antioxidant barrier for TE materials under harsh operational conditions, ensuring the long-term operation of TE modules at elevated temperatures. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Engineering Materials （DOI: 10.1002/adem.202502262) | |
| 2025-12-21 | New Z-Meter The new Z-Meter was released by TEC Microsystems in August. |
| SOURCE： TEC Microsystems | |
| 2025-12-20 | Extending the temperature range of the Cmcm phase of SnSe for high thermoelectric performance The authors developed a crystal growth process that increased chlorine and lead solubility in tin selenide, extending the high performance temperature range. |
| SOURCE： Science (DOI: 10.1126/science.adt0831) | |
| 2025-12-18 | India-Japan Circulation of Talented Youths in Science Programme The FY2025 selected programs have been published. |
| SOURCE： Japan Science and Technology Agency (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-17 | Saitama Prefectural Police to introduce Peltier Vests The Japanese police will also comply with the revised Occupational Safety and Health Regulations. |
| SOURCE： Saitama Prefectural Police (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-15 | Examination of the usefulness of neck cooling using a Peltier device during exercise in the heat This presentation was given at the 75th Conference of Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences held in August. |
| SOURCE： J-STAGE (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-14 | New Peltier refrigerators Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Co., Ltd. has released "RK-20K3 series" and "RD-404 series." |
| SOURCE： Mitsubishi Electric Engineering (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-11 | Lightweight and film-like thermoelectric conversion element using carbon nanotube-based materials There is an article on thermoelectrics in the December issue of Safety & Health Digest. |
| SOURCE： Japan Safety Appliances Association (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-12-10 | Thermoelectric Module Global Market Report 2025 The thermoelectric module market size will grow from $0.70 billion in 2024 to $0.78 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.7%. |
| SOURCE： Global Information | |
| 2025-12-09 | Nanostructured Semiconductors for Flexible Thermoelectric Applications This review summarizes recent breakthroughs in low-dimensional thermoelectric materials and emerging defect engineering strategies, which offer promising pathways for simultaneously improving both mechanical and thermoelectrical performance. |
| SOURCE： Nanomaterials (DOI: 10.3390/nano15241843) | |
| 2025-12-08 | Efficient and affordable thermoelectric measurement setup using Arduino and LabVIEW for education and research The measurement setup is a total cost of only ∼$100. However, for research purposes, I recommend measuring a standard sample first. |
| SOURCE： Amerikan Journal of Physics (DOI: 10.1119/5.0289649) | |
| 2025-12-07 | Self-healing Modes of Thermoelectric Materials In this review article recent advances in preparation, properties, and applications of self-healable thermoelectric materials are presented. |
| SOURCE： Energy Material Advances (DOI: 10.34133/energymatadv.0333) | |
| 2025-12-06 | Accelerate National Adoption of "MOTHER Bracelet" and "REMONY" MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. announced that its subsidiary, MEDIROM MOTHER Labs Inc., which develops health-tech solutions, has entered into a distributor agreement with TD SYNNEX K.K. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM | |
| 2025-12-04 | Tunable cell separation using a thermo-responsive deterministic lateral displacement device The device integrates poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogel micropillars within a PDMS-silicon microfluidic chip mounted on a Peltier element, enabling precise critical diameters adjustments from 0.8 to 29.0 μm within a temperature range of 20–40 ℃. |
| SOURCE： Lab on a Chip (DOI: 10.1039/D5LC00783F) | |
| 2025-12-03 | Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Battery The November 25th edition of the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun featured an article about Japanese-made nuclear batteries. |
| SOURCE： NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-11-29 | A follow-up to the news that Japanese researchers have succeeded in visualizing the effects of electron scattering The news on 2025-10-23 was also featured in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. |
| SOURCE： NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-11-28 | Study and Analysis of the Integration of Energy Recovery Systems in Hybrid Vehicles The proposed system integrates three distinct mechanisms, the recovery of thermal energy from brake discs and exhaust gases using thermoelectric generators (TEG). |
| SOURCE： Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Iași. (DOI: 10.2478/bipcm-2025-0030) | |
| 2025-11-27 | Gate-tunable ionothermoelectric cooling in a solid-state nanopore The authors demonstrated that the cooling function previously carried out by electrons in Peltier elements can now be achieved using ions in a liquid, leveraging the mechanism of transistors. |
| SOURCE： ACS Nano (DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c13339) | |
| 2025-11-26 | Monthly Clean Energy November Issue There was an article about E-ThermoGentek. |
| SOURCE： JAPAN INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHING (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-11-25 | Tailoring lattice vibrations to enhance thermoelectric efficiency in Mg3(Sb, Bi)2 alloy An excellent conversion efficiency of 12.5% (ΔT = 440 K) for a single TE-leg generator is achieved. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65325-7) | |
| 2025-11-23 | Hidden in plain heat: anomalous Lorenz number in the thermoelectric alloy Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3 L〜1.5×10-8 V2 K-2 at 300 K. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communication (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-66578-y) | |
| 2025-11-22 | Unlocking the Potential of Low-Temperature Waste Heat: A Japanese Startup’s Breakthrough in Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization E-ThermoGentek was featured in an official e-magazine of the Japanese government, KIZUNA. |
| SOURCE： The Government of Japan | |
| 2025-11-20 | Highly efficient thermoelectric conversion technology from waste heat from electronic devices There is an article related to thermoelectrics in the December issue of Monthly I/O. |
| SOURCE： Kougakusha (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-11-19 | Innovative Directions in Thermoelectric Materials: Development and Characterization Approaches in Nano-Scale There was a special issue in Nanomaterials. |
| SOURCE： Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991) | |
| 2025-11-17 | Mediaid Icing Gear Vest 2 Case Study The case study of SBS Toshiba Logistics Corporation is introduced. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-11-16 | There is a crowdfunding campaign for a smartphone holder There was a car smartphone holder on the crowdfunding site Makuake. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-11-14 | PyroDelta to open online sales platform for thermoelectric modules PyroDelta's thermoelectric modules will be available for purchase online from January 1, 2026. |
| SOURCE： First Tellurium | |
| 2025-11-13 | Ferrotec opens an open lab Ferrotec has opened an open lab to foster innovation and collaboration in the field of advanced materials. |
| SOURCE： Ferrotec (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-11-11 | Thermoelectric-enhanced Combustion Engine First Tellurium subsidiary PyroDelta delivers thermoelectric-enhanced combustion engine to U.S. airboat manufacturer. |
| SOURCE： First Tellurium | |
| 2025-11-10 | World-First Thermoelectric Ice Bath Clearwater Wellness Co launched the SnowCap, the world's first thermoelectric ice bath requiring no ice or plumbing.。 |
| SOURCE： Clearwater Wellness | |
| 2025-11-09 | Development of an air-cooled, stand-alone power supply system using thermoelectric power generation that utilizes the waste heat from steam and heated wastewater With the support of NEDO, E-thermoGentek's above-mentioned theme has progressed from basic research to practical application research and development. |
| SOURCE： E-thermoGentek (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-11-04 | START drives EU innovation in tellurium-free thermoelectric materials There was an article about the EU's START project. |
| SOURCE： INNOVATION NEWSNETWORK | |
| 2025-11-02 | Uncertainty analysis of microscopic parameters obtained from the single parabolic band modeling of thermoelectric materials In this work, the authors derive analytical expressions for the uncertainty of semiconductor parameters extracted from the SPB model based on uncertainty in measuring the thermoelectrical properties, i.e., Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and Hall coefficient. |
| SOURCE： Phys. Rev. Applied (DOI: 10.1103/lqtf-rvlm) | |
| 2025-11-01 | 3 in 1 Charging Station on Sale RORRY, which sells mobile chargers and other products, is having a sale on Amazon Japan. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-10-31 | Nanoscale thermoelectric effects offer new perspectives on energy management The University of Jyväskylä, Finland, has contributed to the development of a theoretical approach that enables accurate simulations of temperature differences and electric currents in nanoscale junctions formed by single molecules. |
| SOURCE： PHYS.ORG | |
| 2025-10-29 | Public quotation competition for a ball mill AIST is planning to introduce a ball mill for the development of thermoelectric conversion materials. |
| SOURCE： National Insitute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-10-28 | Wearable heating and cooling devices A new report was released on October 21st. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI COMPASS (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-10-27 | Thermoelectric transport with band nonparabolicity This article compares the parabolic band model and the Kane model. |
| SOURCE： National Science Review (DOI:10.1093/nsr/nwaf434) | |
| 2025-10-26 | Thermoelectric Materials for Spintronics This review will be useful for understanding the application of thermoelectric materials for spintronics to RAMs and other applications. |
| SOURCE： Inorganics (DOI: 10.3390/inorganics13100332) | |
| 2025-10-24 | Pop-up kirigami thermoelectric generator with high stretchability and conformal thermal interfaces The TE elements are BiTe-based materials from Toshima Co., Ltd. |
| SOURCE： npj Flexible Electronics (DOI: 10.1038/s41528-025-00454-z) | |
| 2025-10-23 | Japanese researchers succeeded in visualizing the effects of electron scattering Researchers demonstrate using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy that the relaxation time of heavy fermion quasiparticles is highly dependent on the energy near the Fermi level. |
| SOURCE： Toyota Technological Institute | |
| 2025-10-21 | New Stove fan Mt.SUMI has released the stove fan S60. |
| SOURCE： Mt.SUMI (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-10-20 | To delve deeply into the utilization of low-temperature waste heat from factories The September issue of the Journal of Energy Conservation had articles related to thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： The Energy Conservation Center (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-10-19 | Smart Security and IoT There was an article about energy harvesting in TIIS News No. 302. |
| SOURCE： Technology Institution of Industrial Safety (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-10-18 | Interface engineering in polymer thermoelectric composites Harnessing energy-filtering effects to overcome the Seebeck-conductivity trade-off. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Materials Chemistry A (DOI: 10.1039/D5TA05957G) | |
| 2025-10-17 | Global Thermoelectric Cooler Market Outlook The global Thermoelectric Cooler market is projected to grow from US$ 870 million in 2024 to US$ 1552 million by 2031. |
| SOURCE： QY Research | |
| 2025-10-15 | Development of Thermoelectric Materials using Magnetic Interaction In this paper, the authors study the enhancement of the thermoelectric power factor by using the interaction of carriers and magnetism. |
| SOURCE： Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy (DOI: 10.2497/jjspm.25-00032) | |
| 2025-10-14 | Transition from condensed matter physics research on topological materials to startup commercialization This article ranked No.1 in the September access ranking for the monthly journal "Oyo Buturi." |
| SOURCE： OYO BUTURI ONLINE (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-10-13 | Advancements in thermoelectric materials and their performance for thermoelectric generators (TEGs) This review provides a detailed examination of key thermoelectric materials. |
| SOURCE： Chemistry of Inorganic Materials (DOI: 10.1016/j.cinorg.2025.100118) | |
| 2025-10-11 | The evolution of the MOTHER Bracelet Mediroｍ announced ‘Sauna Alert’ for customer of Tokyo Dome Natural Hot Spring Spa. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM | |
| 2025-10-10 | Update on Thermoelectric Modules for Drone First Tellurium and PyroDelta clarify third-party testing on thermoelectric modules for drone combustion engines. |
| SOURCE： TheNewswire | |
| 2025-10-09 | New magnet that generates electricity from temperature differences NIMS's material was introduced on TV Tokyo's WBS on October 8th. |
| SOURCE： TV TOKYO (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-10-07 | Next-generation clothing that can automatically adjusts temperature This prototype will be on display at the Kansai Expo Osaka Healthcare Pavilion from October 7th to 13th. |
| SOURCE： NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-10-03 | Capillary casting It seems that, the unique manufacturing process puts First Tellurium and PyroDelta ahead in thermoelectric technology. |
| SOURCE： First Tellurium | |
| 2025-10-02 | Exploring next-generation materials with topological matter An article about a MnGe developer at the RIKEN was published in the October issue of JST News. |
| SOURCE： Japan Science and Technology Agency (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-10-01 | Using the power of water to create films of insoluble organic semiconductor materials Researchers at the Kyoto Institute of Technology et al. have successfully created a film of nickel-etetrathiolate coordination polymer (poly(NiETT)), an n-type thermoelectric material. |
| SOURCE： Osaka Institute of Technology | |
| 2025-09-27 | Versatile polymer-coated Ag2Se thermoelectric materials and devices for multi-scenario applications developed by direct-ink printing Three-leg flexible thermoelectric generators are fabricated using a direct-ink printing process, yielding a power density of 22.1 W/m2 at a ΔT of 36.1 K. |
| SOURCE： Nat Commun (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63390-6) | |
| 2025-09-26 | Chemical Synthesis of High-Entropy Perovskite Oxynitride Nanoparticles and Creation of Environmentally Friendly Thermoelectric Materials The Mazda Foundation's research grant recipients for 2025 have been selected. |
| SOURCE： Mazda （in Japanese) | |
| 2025-09-25 | Break Ground of Nonequilibrium Thermal Fluctuation Properties Based on Nonlinear Thermoelectric Effects This was selected as a new research project for JST PRESTO (Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology). |
| SOURCE： Japan Science and Technology Agency (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-09-24 | DXMag Computational HeuslerDB NIMS has calculated approximately 28,000 types of Heusler alloys using density functional theory and constructed a comprehensive database containing over 100,000 pieces of physical property information, including magnetic properties, electronic structure, and lattice vibration stability. |
| SOURCE： National Institute for Materials Science | |
| 2025-09-23 | Comprehensive review on thermoelectric materials principles, synthesis, Nanostructuring and advance applications A particular focus is on Ag2Se and transition metal dichalcogenides. |
| SOURCE： International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer (DOI:10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2025.109672) | |
| 2025-09-22 | Boosting the Compatibility Between Thermoelectric Materials and Flexibility by Grain Boundary Engineering The Power density can achieve 13.8 mW cm-2 at a temperature difference of 73 K. |
| SOURCE： Small (DOI:10.1002/smll.202506029) | |
| 2025-09-21 | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Adopts "REMONY" MEDIROM MOTHER Labs Inc. has begun providing its remote health monitoring system "REMONY," powered by the recharge-free smart tracker MOTHER Bracelet, to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies | |
| 2025-09-20 | Successful Testing of Thermoelectric Modules for Combustion Drone Engines First Tellurium’s subsidiary PyroDelta Energy has completed successful testing of thermoelectric modules that can extend the range of high payload drones powered by combustion engines. |
| SOURCE： First Tellurium | |
| 2025-09-18 | Development of Quantum Dot Thermoelectric Conversion Technology Contributing to Effective Utilization of Unused Energy This is selected as a subsidized project by the Ministry of the Environment. |
| SOURCE： Ministry of the Environment (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-09-12 | A review of next-generation thermoelectric generators: Advanced geometric and nanomaterial optimization and intelligent performance enhancement This review comprehensively analyzes the state-of-the-art in TEG technology, focusing on geometric optimization, material enhancements, and AI-driven performance improvements. |
| SOURCE： Energy Conversion and Management: X (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecmx.2025.101221) | |
| 2025-09-10 | Realizing High Performance in Commercial Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 Thermoelectric Material via Balancing the Magnetic Doping and Interface Engineering It seems that, ZT=1.42 at 330 K was achieved with a combined uncertainty of 10% to 15%. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202518429) | |
| 2025-09-08 | Sheetak Strengthens U.S. Thermoelectric Manufacturing Sheetak combines deep engineering expertise, patented architectures, and American manufacturing to deliver application-specific solutions in as little as 3 to 6 weeks. |
| SOURCE： EIN Presswire | |
| 2025-09-07 | Transverse Thermoelectric Generation with the World’s Highest Power Density Using New Material "Thermoelectric Permanent Magnet" There was a technical report on thermoelectrics in the September issue of Clean Energy. |
| SOURCE： JAPAN INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHING (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-09-06 | Development of an air-cooled, stand-alone power supply system using thermoelectric power generation that utilizes the waste heat from steam and heated wastewater A event report on the "NEDO Renewable Energy Field Results Report Meeting 2025" has been uploaded. |
| SOURCE： NEDO (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-09-05 | Structure, thermoelectric and mechanical properties of spark plasma extruded bismuth and antimony chalcogenide based solid solutions The ZTmax of Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3 thermoelectric material is 1.03 at 320 K. |
| SOURCE： Next Materials (DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.101076) | |
| 2025-09-04 | Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Results for the Peltier Vest The event attracted 1,000 backers, surpassing last year's total. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING | |
| 2025-09-02 | The compact electric cooler and warmer bag There was a crowdfunding campaign for a compact electric cooler and warmer bag. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-09-01 | Recent Progress of Powering IoT Based on Thermoelectric Technology This review systematically summarizes recent strategies aimed at enhancing the output performance and durability of TEGs through improvements in manufacturing processes and performance optimization techniques. |
| SOURCE： Micromachines (registering DOI:10.3390/mi16091017) | |
| 2025-08-31 | "MOTHER Bracelet" is now eligible for subsidies Medirom's "REMONY," which includes the MOTHER Bracelet, has obtained certification from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as a device to prevent drowsy driving. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies | |
| 2025-08-30 | Call for proposals of research grant theme The Thermal & Electric Energy Technology Foundation call for proposals of research grant theme. |
| SOURCE： The Thermal & Electrical Energy Foundation (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-08-29 | New Portable Handheld Fan with a Large Peltier Plate Crowdfunding for the Portable Handheld Fan has begun. |
| SOURCE： CAMPFIRE | |
| 2025-08-28 | Construction of an electrolysis system using planar-type thermoelectric power generation This theme has been adopted for the Advanced Low CarbonTechnology Research and Development Program of JST. |
| SOURCE： Japan Science and Technology Agency (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-08-26 | 2025 R&D 100 Awards Winners A joint research project between Samsung Electronics and Johns Hopkins University on “Scalable, Energy Efficient CHESS Thin‑Film Thermoelectric Refrigerator.” has won the 2025 R&D 100 Awards. |
| SOURCE： R&D WORLD, REFERENCE:2025-07-06 | |
| 2025-08-25 | Sekisui House's "Construction Sites Cool Project" The project includes piloting wearable devices. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-08-23 | The liquid thermoelectric devaice was fabricated by coating This is a thermoelectric conversion that uses the bias in redox potential. |
| SOURCE： NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-08-22 | Solid-state n-type thermodiffusion-assisted thermogalvanic cells with unprecedented thermal energy conversion The authors report for the first time a solid-state n-type thermodiffusion (TD)-assisted TG cell based on a PEDOT:PSS/Fe(ClO4)2/3 polymer complex. |
| SOURCE： Energy Environ. Sci. (DOI: 10.1039/D5EE01216C) | |
| 2025-08-19 | Sony's "Leon Pocket" sales are booming Leon Pocket sales are also strong in South Korea and Europe, including France. |
| SOURCE： NEWSWITCH (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-08-17 | Ultrahigh thermoelectricity obtained in classical BiSbTe alloy processed under super-gravity Using a super-gravity field, the brittle (Bi,Sb)2Te3 alloy undergoes unusual plastic deformation and forms mounts of microstructure defects. |
| SOURCE： Nat Commun (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62611-2) | |
| 2025-08-16 | Peltier vests have become essential devices on construction sites！？ There are some places in Japan where temperatures are exceeding 40 ℃. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI×TECH (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-08-15 | n-Type thermoelectric elastomers The authors present one of the first n-type thermoelectric elastomers by integrating uniform bulk nanophase separation, thermally activated crosslinking and targeted doping into a single material. |
| SOURCE： Nature (DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09387-z) | |
| 2025-08-14 | Japanese METI Considering mandatory collection of handheld fans The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is considering implementing a mandatory program for the collection and recycling of handheld fans. |
| SOURCE： Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-08-13 | Research Grant of the Murata Science and Education Foundation The selection results for FY 2025 have been published. |
| SOURCE： Murata Science and Education Foundation (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-08-12 | MnTe Rising: A Modern Era of Thermoelectric and Altermagnetic Materials MnTe is expected to be a promising candidate for next-generation energy and spintronic devices. |
| SOURCE： Chemistry of Materials (DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c01561) | |
| 2025-08-11 | MRS Bulletin Issue 8 There were articles related to thermoelectrics in MRS Bulletin Issue 8. |
| SOURCE：
Fundamentals and advances in thermal transport in thermoelectric materials (DOI: 10.1557/s43577-025-00951-6), Topology in thermoelectric materials (DOI: 10.1557/s43577-025-00945-4) | |
| 2025-08-08 | Thanko's Peltier Vest sold out It seems there are only a few Workman's Peltier vests, too. |
| SOURCE： Thanko (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-08-06 | The New Hot & Cold Massage Gun The Massage Gun integrates Peltier Technology for rapid cooling and heating. |
| SOURCE： Medisana | |
| 2025-08-03 | Synthesis of Skutterudite-type Thermoelectric Materials by Using a Large Press and Their Thermoelectric Properties There is a report related to thermoelectric in the August issue of the Bulletin of The Ceramic Society of Japan. |
| SOURCE： Ceramics Japan Vol.60 No.8 (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-08-02 | Energy filtering–induced ultrahigh thermoelectric power factors in Ni3Ge The Autors find a family of L12-ordered binary compounds with ultrahigh power factors up to 11 mW m-1 K-2 near room temperature. |
| SOURCE： Science Advances (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv7113) | |
| 2025-08-01 | A materials map integrating experimental and computational data via graph-based machine learning for enhanced materials discovery In this study, authors use these integrated datasets to construct material maps that visualize the relationships between material properties and structural features. |
| SOURCE： APL Machine Learning (DOI: 10.1063/5.0274812) | |
| 2025-07-31 | The new Peltier vest was jointly developed by Daito Trust Construction and Showa Shokai Daito Trust Construction has developed a new Peltier vest for its employees. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI×TECH (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-07-29 | Frontiers of Thermoelectrics: Transport Physics and Beyond This Collection aims to bring researchers together to advance our understanding of electron and phonon transport, the interaction between thermoelectric and other physical properties, as well as the issues occurring in making high-efficiency devices. |
| SOURCE： nature | |
| 2025-07-27 | Oxide thermoelectric materials: A review of emerging strategies for efficient waste heat recovery There is a table of ZT values for various thermoelectric oxide materials. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Power Sources （DOI:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.237806) | |
| 2025-07-25 | Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. will be introducing Peltier vests, too Sompo Japan Insurance will be introducing Peltier vests for employees investigating accident vehicles. |
| SOURCE： Sompo Japan Insurance (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-07-24 | New Portable Handheld Fan Thanko has released a new handheld fan. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 025-07-22 | A kW-class thermoelectric power generation system that utilizes factory waste heat There was a technical report on thermoelectricity in the July issue of Clean Energy. |
| SOURCE： JAPAN INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHING (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-07-17 | New Laptop Cooling Pad Sanwa supply has released a quiet laptop cooling pad. |
| SOURCE： Sanwa Supply (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-07-16 | Beyond Tellurides There is a figer, key milestones in PbSe thermoelectrics over the past decade, in comparison with those in PbTe thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： ACS Applied Energy Materials (DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.5c00997) | |
| 2025-07-15 | A Peltier vest for anglers Dress, fishing brand, has released a Peltier vest. |
| SOURCE： DRESS (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-07-14 | "Try it out and rank it" On June 28th, MBS Saturday Plus, Japanese TV program, introduced some recommended handheld fans. |
| SOURCE： Mainichi Broadcasting System (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-07-13 | Revisiting thermoelectric transport properties through a band nonparabolicity factor The authors have formulated a universal ξ modified solution for the Lorenz number, which can effectively correct the non-physical lattice thermal conductivity derived from the typical parabolic band model in various representative thermoelectric semiconductors. |
| SOURCE： National Science Review (DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwaf216) | |
| 2025-07-10 | Demonstration experiment using single-walled carbon nanotubes The Japan Rubber Weekly, Gomu Hochi Shimbun, carried an article about Zeon Corporation's demonstration experiment. |
| SOURCE： Gomu Hochi Shimbun NEXT (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-07-06 | Cold without the compressor: Boffins build better ice box Scientists at Johns Hopkins and Samsung have developed a nano-engineered thermoelectric material that is twice as efficient at material-level cooling as existing alternatives, paving the way for broader adoption of solid-state refrigeration technology. |
| SOURCE： The Register | |
| 2025-07-04 | New Tablet Cooler Sanwa Supply Inc. has released the tablet cooler "TK-CLN31U." |
| SOURCE： Sanwa Supply (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-07-01 | The Peltier Chiller Vest This product will be released by Shiftall Inc. in August. |
| SOURCE： Shiftall (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-06-28 | NF Foundation R&D Encouragement Award Call for Nominations This applies to people aged 35 and under. |
| SOURCE： NF Foundation (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-06-27 | Observation of the transverse Thomson effect The authors report the observation of this effect in a semimetallic Bi88Sb12 alloy with thermoelectric imaging. |
| SOURCE： Nature Physics (DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02936-3) | |
| 2025-06-26 | Research Grant from the Tanikawa Fund Promotion of Thermal Technology In recent years, grants have been given to thermoelectric related themes. |
| SOURCE： Joint information disclosure site for general corporations and public interest corporations (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-06-24 | New MagSafe Car Mount Phone Charger with Peltier Cooler This product was released by Thanko on June 23rd. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-06-23 | Strategies to enhance thermoelectric performance: Review This review gives information regarding the strategies for boosting thermoelectric performance, such as band engineering, nanostructuring, defect engineering, and Anderson Localization. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Materials Research and Technology (DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2025.06.100) | |
| 2025-06-22 | Fundamentals and Advances in Transverse Thermoelectrics This review article provides an overview of all currently known transverse thermoelectric conversion phenomena and principles, as well as their characteristics, and reclassifies them in a unified manner. |
| SOURCE： arXiv:2506.12319v1 | |
| 2025-06-21 | Generate electricity from waste heat from immersion system servers elleThermo, Ltd. generated electricity using an immersion system being developed by KDDI. |
| SOURCE： elleThermo (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-06-20 | The Brain Cooler The Brain Cooler is scheduled to be released in mid-July by KOMINE, a motorcycle wear manufacturer. |
| SOURCE： Web!ke+ | |
| 2025-06-19 | Electricity from heat through “traffic jam of electrons” A research team at TU Wien has demonstrated how electrical current can be generated using “traffic jam of electrons” in certain materials. |
| SOURCE： EurekAlert! | |
| 2025-06-15 | An armpit cooling device This device was released by Thanko. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-06-14 | Structural Characteristics and Recent Advances in Thermoelectric Binary Indium Chalcogenides The zT values of binary indium chalcogenides are summarized. |
| SOURCE： Research (DOI: 10.34133/research.0727) | |
| 2025-06-13 | Daito Trust Construction will distribute Peltier vests to 1,500 site supervisors This is a unique model offered by Daito Trust Construction. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-06-12 | High-performance Ag2S-based thermoelectrics for wearable electronics Authors achieved an impressive power factor of 37 μW cm-1 K-2 at 300 K. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communication (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60284-5) | |
| 2025-06-10 | E-Thermogentech's Thermoelectric Power Generator Tube E-Thermogentech will be presenting at ICT/ACT 2025 starting June 15th. |
| SOURCE： E-ThermoGentech (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-06-06 | EAC New Energy & Autonomus Vehicle Trade Show Ferro Tec is exhibiting at the event in Hangzhou until today. |
| SOURCE： Zhejiang Advanced Thermoelectric Technology (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-06-05 | Spin Caloritronics―From History of Development to Future Prospects The Nihon Butsuri Gakkaishi (Butsuri) had an article on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： Butsuri (DOI: 10.11316/butsuri.80.6_284) | |
| 2025-06-02 | A Electric Cooler for Energy Drink can Pyzone has released a tabletop cooler for energy drink can. |
| SOURCE： PYZONE (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-06-01 | Refrigerated Trash Can This product was released by Thanko on May 26th. |
| SOURCE： THANKO | |
| 2025-05-31 | An update on PyroDelta’s thermoelectric radiator/generator technology A Summary of May 21st Presentation has been provided. |
| SOURCE： First Tellurium | |
| 2025-05-30 | Peltier Vests adopted by a large company Peltier vests will be provided to on-site staff. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI (in Japanese, paid members) | |
| 2025-05-29 | A neck cooler attached to backpack belt This product was in crowdfunding. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-28 | New Cooling Units Z-MAX will release a new product in the PV-2 series on June 2nd. |
| SOURCE： Z-MAX (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-27 | Avoided Crossing Phonons Realizes High-Performance Single-Crystalline β-Zn4Sb3 Thermoelectrics Phonons were being disrupted by "rattling" atoms inside the structure. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Science (DOI: 10.1002/advs.202411498) | |
| 2025-05-26 | Hot and Cold Water Sleeping Mat Already, sales are higher than those of crowdfunding Mechi-ya in 2023. |
| SOURCE： Makuake | |
| 2025-05-25 | New release of Peltier Vests Newly released by Innophys Co., Ltd. and Logos Corporation. Meanwhile, a price war has begun on Amazon Japan. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese)， LOGOS (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-23 | REON POCET PRO Sony Thermo Technology Inc. released the REON POCET PRO on May 20th. |
| SOURCE： Sony Thermo Technology (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-22 | The charging-free thermally regenerative electrochemical cycles device The authors achieved the normalized power density (4.8 mW m-2 K-2). |
| SOURCE： Journal of the American Chemical Society (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c04430) | |
| 2025-05-21 | Boost-Up w/ Samsung Research Program 2025 Samsung Japan Research Institute is looking for partner companies with whom it can collaborate on high efficiency thermoelectric conversion elements. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-17 | Komeri's new handheld fan "Jenix 3WAY High Volume Peltier Cooling Handheld Fan KWZ35" has been released. |
| SOURCE： Komeri (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-16 | First Tellurium Provides New Information on Power Output of PyroDelta Thermoelectric Radiator/Generator You were driving in a northern Canadian winter or on a summer day in Death Valley, the device would do its job. |
| SOURCE： First Tellurium | |
| 2025-05-15 | Mizuno's new neck cooler The Ice Touch Device neck will be new. |
| SOURCE： Mizuno (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-14 | Development of phosphorus-based thermoelectric materials exhibiting ZT>1 for medium temperature range There was a thermoelectric-related technical report in the May issue of "Clean Energy". |
| SOURCE： JAPAN INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHING (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-13 | Peltier vests priced at 10,000 yen Cheaper versions of the Peltier Vests have been released. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese)， Rakuten (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-12 | Bismuth prices rocket to record highs Prices of bismuth have jumped to $40 a lb on the European spot market, an all-time high, up from $6 per lb in late January, a more than six-fold rise. |
| SOURCE： Reuters | |
| 2025-05-11 | The Japan Atomic Energy Agency Builds a New Nuclear Battery Capable of Lasting More Than 100 Years InnovaTopia had an article about americium-based power sources for space exploration. |
| SOURCE： innovaTopia (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-08 | Special Feature | The Forefront of Practical Application of Thermoelectric Conversion Materials and Devices There was a special feature in the May issue of "kinzoku materials science & technology". |
| SOURCE： FUJISAN MAGAZINE SERVICE (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-05-07 | PyroDelta and First Tellurium Report Successful Road Test of Thermoelectric Radiator/Generator The lightweight device effectively cooled and provided electrical power in a demonstration vehicle with over 1300 kilometers of road testing. |
| SOURCE： FIRST TELLURIUM | |
| 2025-04-30 | Crowdfunding for a Foldable electric cooler and warmer bag Sales are going well. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-28 | A Cooling Spacer The crowdfunding site Machi-ya has a product that you can place between your backpack or chair to cool your body. |
| SOURCE： machi-ya (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-27 | Discount coupon for "hiyakan fuji" A CAMPFIRE account is required. |
| SOURCE： LIFE HACKER (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-25 | Recruit - Thermoelectric Engineer E-Thermogentech and Denso are hiring thermoelectric engineers. |
| SOURCE： E-Thermogentech (in Japanese)， Denso (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-24 | Back Cooler "Senacool Plus" Thanko has released a new color of their back cooler "Senacool Plus". |
| SOURCE： +Digital (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-23 | New Products of Thanko, inc. "Cooling Vest 4" and "Neck Cooler Pocket" are now on sale. |
| SOURCE： Thanko (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-22 | Oxidation Process and Addition of Zn and Te Lead to the Enhancement of Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in p-Type Bi2Te3 An oxygen getter element, Zn, was added to capture the oxygen from the Bi0.45Sb1.55Te3 matrix to increase the mobility. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c02067) | |
| 2025-04-19 | Principle and Applications of Thermoelectric Generators: A Review This article reviews the applications proposed in the literature in the last years. |
| SOURCE： Sensors (DOI: 10.3390/s25082484) | |
| 2025-04-18 | Thermoelectric generation system using self-vented steam The above paper was published on the website of the Thermoelectric Society of Japan. |
| SOURCE： The Thermoelectrics Society of Japan | |
| 2025-04-17 | This year, Peltier vests may be a big hit in Japan In Japan, companies will be required to take measures to prevent heatstroke. |
| SOURCE： Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance No. 57 (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-16 | Crowdfunding for a portable handheld fan There was a portable handheld fan on the Green Funding. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING | |
| 2025-04-15 | Special feature of handheld fans Handy Fans are featured on the Hands shopping site. |
| SOURCE： HANDS (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-13 | Fujitsu General New Wearable Air Conditioner This product is now available for purchase from Fujitsu General website. |
| SOURCE： Fujitsu General (in Japanese), REFERENCE: Fujitsu General | |
| 2025-04-12 | EXPO 2025 OSAKA, KANSAI, JAPAN E-ThermoGentec's "Temperature Difference Power Generation Music Box" will be exhibited at the Electric Power Pavilion. |
| SOURCE： E-ThermoGentek (in Japanese), REFERENCE: Electric Power Pavilion | |
| 2025-04-10 | New Cool Backpack There was a crowdfunding campaign for the Cool Backpack. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-07 | New Peltier integrated cooling fan You can change cooling jacket fans to Peltier integrated fans. |
| SOURCE： PUZZLCE (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-06 | New Thermoelectric Power Generation Unit KELK has released the "KELGEN G-Unit KSGU400". |
| SOURCE： KOMATSU (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-04-05 | Call for Proposals JST is calling for proposals for highly efficient low- to mid-temperature thermoelectric materials. |
| SOURCE： Japan Science and Technology Agency | |
| 2025-04-04 | Global Thermoelectric Modules Market Size, 2025-2031 In 2024, the global market size of Thermoelectric Modules was estimated to be worth US$ 1035 million and is forecast to reach approximately US$ 2135 million by 2031 with a CAGR of 11.1% during the forecast period 2025-2031. |
| SOURCE： QYResearch | |
| 2025-04-03 | Development of Dual-Function Microelectronic Fibers for pH and Temperature Sensing Copper and constantan were used for temperature measurement in the dual-sensing fibers. |
| SOURCE： ACS Measurement Science Au (DOI: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.4c00092) | |
| 2025-04-01 | Dislocation Introduction via Domain Engineering in Mg2Sn Single Crystal to Improve its Thermoelectric Properties The peak zT values of 0.83 and 0.42 were obtained for n-type and p-type Mg2Sn. |
| SOURCE： Small Methods (DOI:10.1002/smtd.202500385) | |
| 2025-03-31 | Workman's New Peltier Vest The new Peltier vest has Peltier modules in five places. |
| SOURCE： WORKMAN (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-30 | PyroDelta Ready to Test Prototype Thermoelectric Generator for AI Data Centers PyroDelta Energy Inc. has developed a thermoelectric radiator that will take waste heat from AI and crypto mining data centers and convert it into clean electricity. |
| SOURCE： Mining Stock Education | |
| 2025-03-29 | Development of a semi-permanent power supply system by americium This is a further news from 2025-01-12. |
| SOURCE： Japan Atomic Energy Agen (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-28 | Observation of large Nernst effect in the chiral antiferromagnet CoNb3S6 The authors found that the combination of chiral crystal structure and the antiferromagnetic spin order generates a large emergent magnetic field, which should be understood by the mathematical concept of topology. |
| SOURCE： The University of Tokyo | |
| 2025-03-26 | PyroDelta Completes Working Prototype of Automobile Thermoelectric Radiator PyroDelta has posted video of the prototype design. |
| SOURCE： TheNewswire | |
| 2025-03-25 | New Neck Coolers A new model has been released by Life on Products. |
| SOURCE： Life on Products (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-24 | Crowdfunding for sake vessels The price is the same as the November crowdfunding campaign. |
| SOURCE： machi-ya (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-23 | Cyber Chill Pillow This product will be available in crowdfunding shortly. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-21 | First Tellurium Engages Middle East Corporate Advisors Due to growing inquiries from overseas markets regarding re the thermoelectric generator/radiator under development by First Tellurium’s subsidiary PyroDelta Energy. |
| SOURCE： First Tellurium | |
| 2025-03-19 | Multifunctional composite magnet realizing record-high transverse thermoelectric generation The multifunctional composite magnet based thermopile module generates a maximum of 204 mW at a temperature difference of 152 K. |
| SOURCE： Energy & Environmental Science (DOI: 10.1039/D4EE04845H) | |
| 2025-03-18 | Atomic-scale interface strengthening unlocks efficient and durable Mg-based thermoelectric devices The Authors develop MgAgSb/Co thermoelectric junctions. |
| SOURCE： Nature Materials (DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02167-0) | |
| 2025-03-17 | Thermoelectrics collection in Energy & Environmental Science Here are some great recent articles published on thermoelectrics in Energy & Environmental Science. |
| SOURCE： Royal Society of Chemistry | |
| 2025-03-16 | Wearable heating and cooling devices A paid report, including wearable heating and cooling devices, was released from Nikkei. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI COMPASS (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-15 | In Japan, the number of companies adopting Peltier products is increasing Showa Shokai Co., Ltd.'s Peltier jacket with fans has been adopted by Goda Co., Ltd. as a measure against heat stroke. |
| SOURCE： PRTIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-14 | Crowdfunding for Peltier Jackets Peltier devices and fans are installed in one jacket. |
| SOURCE： Makuake | |
| 2025-03-13 | Peltier Vests Crowdfunding Results Even though it has a heating function, it doesn't sell in the winter. |
| SOURCE： machi-ya (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-12 | The Environmental Startup Awards E-ThermoGentek Co., Ltd. received the Minister of the Environment Award. |
| SOURCE： JP STARTUPS (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-10 | Elevating thermoelectric performance in the sub-ambient temperature range for electronic refrigeration The n-type single-crystalline Mg3Bi1.497Sb0.5Te0.003 has a zT ~ 1 at 300K. |
| SOURCE： The Innovation (DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100864) | |
| 2025-03-08 | Peltier handheld fan also appear one after another It seems like a lot of companies are starting with pre-orders this year. |
| SOURCE： Life on Products (in Japanese), Toffy (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-07 | Magnetic detachable thermoelectric cooler for enclosures, industrial control panels, etc. There was a video on YouTube. |
| SOURCE： YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-06 | Workman Co., Ltd.'s new Peltier vest "WindCore ICE×HEATER Peltier Vest PRO2" It is now 5 degree cooler than last year's model, and the number of Peltier modules has increased from 3 to 5. |
| SOURCE： YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-05 | New Peltier handheld fan LaFuture has released a new handheld fan. |
| SOURCE： YAHOO! JAPAN Shopping (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-04 | Panasonic's Nanoe is steadily growing Nanoe X has been installed on Kyoto's streetcars. |
| SOURCE： DENPA DIGITALL（in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-03 | Recent strides in artificial intelligence for predicting thermoelectric properties and materials discovery There is a list of public datasets for thermoelectric materials. |
| SOURCE： JPhys Energy (DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/adba87) | |
| 2025-03-02 | Yet another new Peltier vest Showa Shokai Co., Ltd. has announced the "COOLFIXT™ PLT2 AIR." |
| SOURCE： 3rd News (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-03-01 | New Peltier vests are appearing one after another in Japan Extreme heat is predicted in Japan again this year, but I think total sales will begin to decline. |
| SOURCE： YouTube (in Japanese)、 YouTube (in Japanese)、 UNIFORM-NET (in Japanese)、 syokuninnomise (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-28 | Antimony import prices soar The price of antimony, which is used in p-type bismuth telluride, has been rising continuously since last year in Japan. |
| SOURCE： Chematels(in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-27 | New Products of Peltier Vests New products have been released by I'Z FRONTIER. |
| SOURCE： I'Z FRONTIER (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-26 | A non-destructive image sensor that can be painted and drawn with a brush An all-printable device fabrication strategy was developed to resolve the existing technical limitations of multi-functional image sensor sheets for non-destructive inspections. |
| SOURCE： Chuo University | |
| 2025-02-24 | New Device Can Turn Exhaust Heat Into Energy, Because Science As production of hybrid vehicles is on the rise, will waste heat power generation become a focus of attention again? |
| SOURCE： RideApart | |
| 2025-02-23 | Development of a model-based design method for thermoelectric modules for low-temperature waste heat recovery and its application to system design When the amount of cooling water is large, it seems possible to predict the amount of power generated by the subsystem module. |
| SOURCE： The Thermoelectrics Society of Japan | |
| 2025-02-22 | New Portable Mini Electric Beverage Cooler Thanko has released a new product. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-21 | Researchers 3D print high-performance, sustainable thermoelectric materials The TEC with p-(Bi,Sb)2Te3 and n-Ag2Se has a ⊿T of 50℃ in air. |
| SOURCE： TechXplore | |
| 2025-02-18 | Advances and Outlooks for Carbon Nanotube-Based Thermoelectric Materials and Devices This review offers a timely overview of the most recent progress on CNT-based thermoelectric materials and devices over the past five years. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Materialls (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202500947) | |
| 2025-02-16 | Harnessing Thermoelectric Power in Self-Healing Wearables: A Review This review is one of the first to look in depth at self-healing materials specifically designed for wearable thermoelectric generators. |
| SOURCE： ACS Omega (DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c10781) | |
| 2025-02-15 | New cell phone stand Thanko released the "MagSafe Charging Stand" on February 14th. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-14 | The only portable device for sequencing DNA and RNA Oxford Nanopore Technologies has released the "MinION Mk1D." |
| SOURCE： Oxford Nanopore Technologies | |
| 2025-02-13 | There are two crowdfunding campaigns of phone holders Looks like a vacuum pump has been installed. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese)， machi-ya (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-12 | The Peltier vest cooling unit will be twice as large The cooling area of new CO-COS's cooler unit will be doubled. |
| SOURCE： X (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-11 | XEBEC New Product Exhibition 2025 Peltier compression wears will be sold. |
| SOURCE： YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-10 | "Aichi Environmental Innovation Consortium" established E-thermoGentek's exhaust heat recovery system will be installed in factories, etc. |
| SOURCE： Aichi Prefecture (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-08 | The new sensor material that enables precise and separate measurement of temperature and physical strain The authors report the porous graphene foam nanocomposite with PEDOT:PSS that can measure temperature and strain separately. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55790-x) | |
| 2025-02-07 | Portable Bottle Warmer/Cooler There is a bottle with a Peltier module in the lid at GREEN FUNDING. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-06 | New Powerful Cell Phone Cooler Even though it's still winter in Japan, ELECOM has released a new cell phone cooler. |
| SOURCE： ELECOM (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-05 | Crowdfunding for Peltier Vests Although it has a heating function, it doesn't sell well in winter. |
| SOURCE： machi-ya (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-02-04 | Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Vol. 94, Issue 2 There were two papers related to thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： The Physical Society of Japan | |
| 2025-02-03 | Advances and Challenges in SnTe-Based Thermoelectrics This review comprehensively summarizes advancements in SnTe thermoelectric materials and devices over the past five years. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202418280) | |
| 2025-02-02 | A review unveiling recent advances in the flexible-wearable futuristic thermoelectric device This review is so packed with information that you'll wonder, "There were so many papers of flexible-wearable thermoelectric device?" |
| SOURCE： Nano Energy (DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.110696) | |
| 2025-02-01 | Is TEC the next data center cooling breakthrough? TechTarget had an article related on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： TechTarget | |
| 2025-01-31 | Special Issue "Structure and Properties of Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices" There was a Special issue in MDPI journals. |
| SOURCE： MDPI | |
| 2025-01-29 | Same Sky Launches New Thermoelectric Generators Product Line The SPG modeles has been released. |
| SOURCE： Same Sky | |
| 2025-01-28 | Yanmar's thermoelectric power generation system update There was an article in NIKKEI, Japanese economy newspaper. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI （in Japanese) | |
| 2025-01-27 | New Peltier vests I'Z Frontier new work exhibition was on YouTube. |
| SOURCE： YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-01-26 | Fujitsu General "Wearable Air Conditioner" Experience Event The product name has changed from "Cómodo gear" to "Wearable air-con." |
| SOURCE： Impress Watch (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-01-25 | Yanmar's thermoelectric power generation system It will be exhibited at ENEX 2025 starting on January 29th. |
| SOURCE： YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-01-24 | Coherent Launches CT-Series Thermoelectric Coolers The CT-Series achieves maximum temperature differentials (ΔT) exceeding 70 ℃ at 27 ℃ and introduces a reliable mid-tier option, offering up to 100,000 thermal cycles. |
| SOURCE： GlobeNewswire | |
| 2025-01-23 | Foldable electric cooler and warmer bag This product was listed on the crowdfunding site GREEN FUNDING. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-01-22 | MEDIROM MOTHER Labs Provides MOTHER Bracelet Device and Remote Health Monitoring System, REMONY, to TOPPAN Inc. MEDIROM MOTHER Labs Inc. is now providing MOTHER Bracelet for the Electronics Division TOPPAN Inc. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM | |
| 2025-01-21 | A comprehensive review of advances in thermoelectric generators The review covers everything from materials, applications in the automotive and industrial sectors. |
| SOURCE： International Journal of Thermofluids (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijft.2024.100996) | |
| 2025-01-19 | Enjoy winter with self-heating "Peltier wear" Will Peltier wear sell in the winter? |
| SOURCE： GIZMODO (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-01-18 | Process optimization on kesterite-based ceramics for enhancing their thermoelectric performances assisted by active machine learning approach Researchers at the Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) have improved the performance of kesterite thermoelectric materials by combining traditional materials science techniques with machine learning. |
| SOURCE： Acta Materialia (DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120342) | |
| 2025-01-17 | CNT yarn TPR's CNT yarn was introduced on TV Tokyo WBS on January 15th. |
| SOURCE： TV TOKYO Corporation（in Japanese, Around 27 minutes） | |
| 2025-01-16 | Thermoelectric Permanent Magnets You can see this demonstration at nano tech 2025. |
| SOURCE： National Institute for Materials Science (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-01-15 | Enabling ultra-flexible inorganic thin-film-based thermoelectric devices by introducing nanoscale titanium layers A 10 nm Ti barrier layer is good. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56015-5) | |
| 2025-01-14 | "Zhongke Bosheng", a Chinese startup Zhongke Bosheng will enter the high-end market. |
| SOURCE： 36kr | |
| 2025-01-12 | Development of a semi-permanent power supply system consisting of an americium heating element and a thermoelectric conversion device It will be developed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. |
| SOURCE： JAXA (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-01-11 | Energy filtering-induced ultrahigh thermoelectric power factors in Ni3Ge The authors discovered a new family of binary metallic compounds, crystallizing in the Cu3Au-type structure, with ultrahigh PF > 10 mW m-1 K-2 around room temperature. |
| SOURCE： arXiv: 2501.04891 | |
| 2025-01-09 | Science/Manufacturing Class for elementary school students The event was held by Futaba Industrial, an automotive parts manufacturer. |
| SOURCE： FUTABA INDUSTRIAL CO.,LTD (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-01-08 | The Saturday Academy at Ibaraki University There was a lecture related to thermoelectrics on December 14, 2024. |
| SOURCE： Ibaraki University (in Japanese) | |
| 2025-01-07 | Reasons for low thermal conductivity of Bi2(Te,Se)3 The main reason is the constituent elements are heavy elements. |
| SOURCE：
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (in Japanese), REFERENCE: Phys. Rev. B (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.174310) |
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| 2025-01-04 | Frontiers of Research on Thermoelectric Conversion Materials Pioneered by Advanced Quantum Beams The January issue of Materia Japan is a special issue on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： J-STAGE | |
| 2025-01-02 | Highly Stretchable Thermoelectric Fiber with Embedded Copper(I) Iodide Nanoparticles for a Multimodal Temperature, Strain, and Pressure Sensor in Wearable Electronics The sensor enables independent and simultaneous temperature change, tensile strain, and pressure sensing by measuring distinct parameters. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202570001) | |
| 2025-01-01 | Advancements in Ge-based thermoelectric materials for efficient waste heat energy conversion: a comprehensive review There are a lot of GeTe-based materials in this review. |
| SOURCE： Physica Scripta (DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ad9c31) | |
| 2024-12-31 | "Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting"-MDPI Topics 27 papers have been published. |
| SOURCE： MDPI | |
| 2024-12-28 | Development of an energy-saving cooler that combines low-temperature heat storage and Peltier elements The above research won the Kao Award at the 2024 Japan Science & Engineering Challenge. |
| SOURCE： JSEC (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-12-27 | Monthly Fine Chemical December 2024 issue There was an article related thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： CMC Publishing (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-12-26 | Fabrication of Thermoelectric Conversion Materials Using Soil Clay Minerals A research team including the Nuclear Science Research Institute has created thermoelectric material from waste materials. |
| SOURCE： Gen-ki No.73 (in Japanese)， YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-12-25 | No defrosting required & quiet design to help guests have a comfortable stay SunRuck mini refrigerators have been installed at HOTEL COONEL INN. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-12-22 | Enhancing Near-Room-Temperature Thermoelectric Performance of n-Type Mg3(Bi,Sb)2-Based Materials through Induction Sintering and Mg Evaporation Control Mg3.2Bi1.4975Sb0.5Te0.0025 material exhibits a thermoelectric figure of merit (zT) value of approximately 0.83 at room temperature. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202416861) | |
| 2024-12-20 | Samsung starts making refrigerators for thermoelectric nerds The new fridges include a Peltier module that reduces big temperature fluctuations and conserves space. |
| SOURCE： The Verge | |
| 2024-12-19 | The guitar amplifier-style refrigerator with a built-in speaker Thanko, Inc. has released a new product. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-12-17 | Peltier Vest's new product for 2025 UniformNext Co., Ltd. will also be releasing a Peltier vest from next year. |
| SOURCE： YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-12-12 | Thermo-Electro-Magnetic Interactions and ≈1 nm Fe Interfacial Layer Realize High Average ZT in Fe/Mg3(Sb,Bi)2 Below 300 ℃ The fabricated Mg3(Sb,Bi)2-CdSb module demonstrates a high conversion efficiency of 8.4% under a 275 K temperature gradient. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202418041) | |
| 2024-12-11 | How PyroDelta's Thermoelectric Technology Could Change Energy Independence The PyroDelta TEG core constrauction was published. |
| SOURCE： USA TODAY | |
| 2024-12-09 | A Korean research team has developed a technology to mass-produce 'thermoelectric materials' with cheap materials A copper sulfide (CuS) nanostructured thin film manufacturing technology was developed. |
| SOURCE： Maeil Business Newspaper, InfoMat (DOI: 10.1002/inf2.12626) | |
| 2024-12-08 | Fabrication of bismuth-telluride thermoelectric wires by friction extrusion The power factor is less than 40 μW‧cm-1‧K-2, but since it is a quaternary system, what about zT? |
| SOURCE： Materials & Design (DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2024.113527) | |
| 2024-12-07 | MIT OpenCourseWare Lecture 24 is "Relative Diffusion Fluxes; Thermoelectric Effects". "Second Law of Efficiency of Thermoelectric Generators" slide in lecture 24 have been replaced with a same name slide in Lecture 25. |
| SOURCE： Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| 2024-12-06 | New Cómodo gear Fujitsu General has begun accepting advance reservations. |
| SOURCE： FUJITSU GENERAL (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-12-05 | Thermoelectric carbon nanotubes The December issue of "Oyo Buturi" had an article on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： J-STAGE | |
| 2024-12-01 | A thorough comparison of the latest stove fans There were 15 different comparisons on the OneCamper website. |
| SOURCE： OneCamper (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-11-29 | New mini-fridge PYZONE has released a 4L Peltier refrigerator. |
| SOURCE： PYZONE (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-11-28 | Alabama A&M University to Partner in HBCU CHIPS Network Initiative Alabama A&M will receive $200,000 to focus on the development of thermoelectric materials and integrated power/cooling devices. |
| SOURCE： Alabama A&M University | |
| 2024-11-26 | Technology Startup Demonstration Support Program, City of Yokohama Energy Harvest was selected. |
| SOURCE： City of Yokohama (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-11-25 | New Released Thermoelectric Fan The new stove eco fan 2HSV has been released by Nippondenko Co., Ltd. |
| SOURCE： NIHONDENKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-11-24 | Design and Development of Eco–friendly Thermoelectric Materials with High Conversion Efficiency The explanation was published in the Journal of the Society of Inorganic Materials, Japan. |
| SOURCE： J-STAGE | |
| 2024-11-23 | Poly(benzodifurandione) Coated Silk Yarn for Thermoelectric Textiles In this paper, the thermomechanical properties of n-type polymer poly(benzodifurandione) (PBFDO) are explored and its suitability as a yarn coating material is assessed. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Science （DOI: 10.1002/advs.202406770) | |
| 2024-11-22 | Z-MAX has launched a new product Z-MAX Co., Ltd. has launched the ZER-12 hotel refrigerator. |
| SOURCE： The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun on November 21st (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-11-21 | New Sake Device New Sake Device is now on sale through the crowdfunding site Makuake. |
| SOURCE： KISO | |
| 2024-11-20 | Inorganic thermoelectric semiconductors with room temperature plasticity Mg3(Sb,Bi)2 and Ag2Se are also included in plastic thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： Applied Physics Letters (DOI: 10.1063/5.0233358) | |
| 2024-11-19 | Electricity generated from waste heat is cheaper than solar cells Mg-Sb-based thermoelectric modules are a target of " a power generation cost of 8 yen per kilowatt-hour, which is lower than solar power generation". |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI （in Japanese) | |
| 2024-11-18 | Flexible Thermoelectric Module to Generate Electricity from Heat, or Enable Cooling and Heating Researchers from Linköping University and RISE, in collaboration with the Danish company ParsNord, have completed prototypes for flexible thermoelectric modules. |
| SOURCE： Linköping University | |
| 2024-11-17 | Enhancing zT in Organic Thermoelectric Materials through Nanoscale Local Control Crystallization This approach also reduces the thermal conductivity dependence on electrical conductivity, improving the zT by up to 260%. |
| SOURCE： ACS Nano (DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c10801) | |
| 2024-11-16 | Facile Y-type Micro Ag2Se/MgAgSb flexible thermoelectric device based on lift-off technology The lift-off technique offers several advantages over traditional etching methods, such as ease of use, reduced fabrication costs, and the ability to produce large-area components. |
| SOURCE： Scientific Reports (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-78925-y) | |
| 2024-11-15 | Hybridizing anomalous Nernst effect in artificially tilted multilayer based on magnetic topological material The autors experiment reveal that the transverse thermoelectric performance in Co2MnGa-based artificially tilted multilayers is improved through the hybrid action of the anomalous Nernst and off-diagonal Seebeck effects, with the magnetization-dependent performance modulation being one order of magnitude greater than the performance achievable with the anomalous Nernst effect alone. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53723-2) | |
| 2024-11-13 | Thermoelectric generators of the rolled Ag2Se foils The power density, power divided by the cross-section area of thermoelectric materials, reaches 167 Wm-2. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54084-6) | |
| 2024-11-12 | Frontier of Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Prediction Using First-principles Calculations The November issue of Ceramics Japan features a special article on computational ceramic material design. |
| SOURCE： The Ceramic Society of Japan | |
| 2024-11-11 | The 2024 R&D Sustainability Innovator of the Year Zhiyu (Jerry) Hu, Ph.D., Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University is winer. Please refer to the R&D WORLD for details of his research. |
| REFERENCE： R&D WORLD | |
| 2024-11-10 | High performance magnesium-based plastic semiconductors for flexible thermoelectrics The authors report low-cost inorganic polycrystalline Mg3Sb0.5Bi1.498Te0.002, which demonstrates a remarkable combination of large strain (∼ 43%) and high figure of merit zT (∼ 0.72) at room temperature. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49440-5) | |
| 2024-11-09 | Oriented Bi2Te3-based films enabled high performance planar thermoelectric cooling device for hot spot elimination The transient hot spot eliminating experiment simulated by laser heating showed that such planar film TEC could realize a remarkable temperature reduction ΔT ∼ 8.2 K in few milliseconds. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54017-3) | |
| 2024-11-08 | Peltier wear market According to THE SEN-I-NEWS, the figure is expected to reach 1.85 billion yen in 2024. Presumably the Japanese market. |
| SOURCE： THE SEN-I-NEWS (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-11-06 | Research on the Performance of Thermoelectric Self−Powered Systems for Wireless Sensor Based on Industrial Waste Heat In this paper, a SEPIC converter model is presented to conduct MPPT optimization for the TEG module. |
| SOURCE： Sensors (DOI: 10.3390/s24185983) | |
| 2024-11-05 | Advances in Thermoelectric Materials—Bridging the Gap Between Discovery and Application Inorganics magazine had a special issue on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： Inorganics (ISSN: 2304-6740) | |
| 2024-11-04 | Researchers at Kyushu University have developed an organic thermoelectric device This device is said to be a new principle for generating electricity. |
| SOURCE： NEWSWITCH (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-11-01 | Biochar production technology that can also generate electricity AIST has established a design concept for a co-production system that increases the productivity of biochar and simultaneously recovers waste heat to generate electricity. |
| SOURCE： National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-10-27 | Call for Contributions Contribute a chapter to the Open Access book‘Advanced Thermoelectric Materials - Theory, Development, and Applications’ |
| SOURCE： IntechOpen | |
| 2024-10-26 | High-performance Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectrics with reduced structural disorder and microstructure evolution Mg3Sb2-based materials were achieved an ultrahigh zT of ∼2.0 at 723 K. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51120-3) | |
| 2024-10-24 | Hotel “ENT TERRACE” guests begin operating “MOTHER Bracelet” MOTHER Bracelet®︎, a smart tracker that does not require recharging 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, will be rented free of charge to the guests staying at ENT TERRACE from November. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM | |
| 2024-10-23 | KAIST Team Develops New Thermoelectric Fiber Solution for Energy Harvesting These inorganic thermoelectric fibers demonstrated superior bending strength compared to existing materials and showed almost no change in electrical properties even after more than 1,000 repeated bending and tensile tests. |
| SOURCE： BUSINESS KOREA， Advanced Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202408320) | |
| 2024-10-22 | Prefer-Oriented Ag2Se Crystal for High-Performance Thermoelectric Cooling The thermoelectric device with 7 pairs of Ag2Se and (Bi,Sb)2Te3 has been fabricated and it can achieve a cooling temperature difference of ≈70.4 K at the hot-side temperature of 350 K. |
| SOURCE： Sdvanced Functional Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202415000) | |
| 2024-10-19 | Cu-Atom Locations in Rocksalt SnTe Thermoelectric Alloy It is revealed that Cu atoms in the rocksalt SnTe form solid solutions at both Sn and Te sites, contrary to their electronegativity order and the intentional Cu doping at Sn sites. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Materials (DOI：10.1002/adma.202410508) | |
| 2024-10-18 | First Tellurium Announces Development of a Far More Powerful Emergency and Recreational Thermoelectric Generator The 20W thermoelectric generator (Latest news 2024-10-03) has now become 200W. |
| SOURCE： PyroDelta Energy | |
| 2024-10-17 | MEDIROM MOTHER Labs has entered into a capital and business alliance MEDIROM MOTHER Labs and Elematec Corporation, a member of the Toyota Tsusho Groups, have entered into a capital and business alliance. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM（in Japanese） | |
| 2024-10-16 | Synergistic Tailoring of Electronic and Thermal Transports in Thermoelectric Se-Free n-Type (Bi,Sb)2Te3 The developed n-type Bi1.7Sb0.3Te3 achieve a high maximum ZT of 1.0 at 450 K . |
| SOURCE： ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c06978) | |
| 2024-10-15 | The Clean Energy October issue There was one article related to thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： The Clean Energy (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-10-13 | The Thermoelectric Society of Japan announces 2024 Winners This year's winners have been published on the Thermoelectric Society of Japan website. |
| SOURCE： Thermoelectric Society of Japan (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-10-12 | Thermal insulation enhanced by the dopant-induced phonon softening discovered in thermoelectric Heusler compounds Overall optical phonons are softened with increasing Ti-doping concentration in marked contrast to the Ta-doped Fe2VAl. |
| SOURCE： Acta Materialia (DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120439) | |
| 2024-10-11 | Metamaterial thermoelectric conversion and its development The October issue of Monthly OPTRONICS had an article on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： OPTRONICS (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-10-10 | First Tellurium Provides Further Information about the PyroDelta Thermoelectric Generator The most important component, and the primary catalyst for the generator’s effectiveness, is tellurium. |
| SOURCE： PyroDelta Energy | |
| 2024-10-08 | Investigation of physical properties of low thermal conductivity thermoelectric material AgP2 in next-generation There was an article about thermoelectrics in "OYO BUTURI" Vol.92 No.2. |
| SOURCE： J-STAGE | |
| 2024-10-06 | How to increase the research and development efficiency of thermoelectric conversion technology by a million times Topological thermoelectric materials will be developed using combinatorial thin-film synthesis and multi-point time-domain impedance spectroscopy (TDIS) method to improve efficiency. |
| SOURCE： Ibaraki Univ. (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-10-03 | Developing a thermoelectric generator for emergency and recreational use First Tellurium Corp. in Canada subsidiary PyroDelta Energy Corp. developing new thermoelectric generator. |
| SOURCE： PyroDelta Energy | |
| 2024-10-02 | Thermoelectrics Society of Japan 2024 Prize for Advancement The award was received by Akira Nagaoka, Associate Professor at the University of Miyazaki. |
| SOURCE： University of Miyazaki (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-30 | NEDO Leading Research Program The FY2024 Japanese brochure has been uploaded. |
| SOURCE： New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-29 | JFE 21st Century Foundation's research grant themes for 2024 have been selected Their themes include "Creation of High-Performance Transparent Thermoelectric Materials by Sublattice Manipulation of Crystals." |
| SOURCE： JFE Holdings (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-25 | Aluminum nitride with outstanding thermal conductivity has been released Aluminum nitride ceramics with a thermal conductivity of 250 Wm-1 has been released by Furukawa Denshi Co., Ltd. How about using it as a substrate for Peltier modules? |
| SOURCE： Furukawa Co.,Ltd. (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-24 | Energy harvesting will revolutionize robotics in 2025 Energy harvesting can be used to improve robot power supply problems. |
| SOURCE： Reinforz Insight (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-23 | Advancing Thermal Management in the Automotive Industry with the Hilux Project European Thermodynamics Limited and Toyota are collaborating to optimise the efficiency of the hydrogen fuel cell system. |
| SOURCE： European Thermodynamics Limited | |
| 2024-09-21 | More types of TEC modules are available The kind of modules available from Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. in the USA has increased. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Thermal Solutions | |
| 2024-09-20 | New organic thermoelectric device that can harvest energy at room temperature Researchers at Kyushu Univ., etc. succeeded in developing a framework for thermoelectric power generation at room temperature without any temperature gradient. |
| SOURCE： Kyushu Univ. | |
| 2024-09-19 | TEPCO Memorial Foundation Research Grant Applications for research grants (basic research) are open until September 30th.FY2023 results (in Japanese) |
| SOURCE： TEPCO Memorial Foundation | |
| 2024-09-18 | Social implementation of thermoelectric power generation This is a Japanese document for the Annual Meeting of the Thermoelectrics Society of Japan. You can download free PDF. |
| SOURCE： The Thermoelectrics Society of Japan (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-16 | New entry into the Peltier vest market BURTLE CO.,LTD will be proposing Peltier element clothing for spring/summer 2025. |
| SOURCE： THE SEN-I-NEWS (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-15 | Camera External Cooler System DigitalFoto Solution Limited has launched ICEMAN Camera External Cooler System with thermoelectric cooler technology. |
| SOURCE： DigitalFoto | |
| 2024-09-14 | Data Center Cooling EE Times interviewed Phononic CEO Tony Atti. |
| SOURCE： EE Times | |
| 2024-09-12 | SeeBand: A highly efficient, interactive tool for analyzing electronic transport data SeeBand allows simultaneous analysis of data for the Seebeck coefficient S, resistivity ρ and all coefficient RH to identify suitable EBS models and extract the underlying microscopic material parameters and additional information from the model. |
| SOURCE： arXive | |
| 2024-09-11 | Tokai Rika's carbon nanotube yarn There was a report on Tokai Rika's exhibit at the 3rd NEPCON JAPAN [Autumn]. |
| SOURCE： MONOist (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-10 | A review on micro combustion powered thermoelectric generator This review provides the state of the art and revealing several important challenges to commercialization. |
| SOURCE： Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114897) | |
| 2024-09-08 | Thermoelectric conversion driven by metamaterial There was an article about thermoelectrics in "OYO BUTURI". Text except the abstract is in Japanese. |
| SOURCE： J-STAGE | |
| 2024-09-07 | New Hair Dryers Panasonic released new hair dryers, equipped with second generation high penetration Nano-e on September 1st. |
| SOURCE： Panasonic (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-06 | Aichi Environmental Innovation Project E-ThermoGentec Co., Ltd. was selected. |
| SOURCE： Aichi Prefectural Government (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-05 | Some construction sites are overflowing with Peltier vests in Japan There was an article about Peltier Vests in the NIKKEI×TECH. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI×TECH (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-09-04 | Entropy engineering This study comprehensively explores the effectiveness of entropy engineering in diverse compounds, aligning with the status and challenges in this field. |
| SOURCE： Nano Today (DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2024.102475) | |
| 2024-09-01 | Wearable air conditioner "Cómodo gear" Fujitsu General's "Cómodo gear i3" was featured on YouTube's NEX Kougyo. |
| SOURCE： YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-08-31 | New stand-alone power supply utilizing residual heat from hot water E-thermoGentek Co., Ltd. has developed an air-cooled independent power supply system, S1-P3. |
| SOURCE： E-thermoGentek | |
| 2024-08-29 | Carbon Nanotube-Based Thermoelectric Modules It was jointly developed by Tokyo Metropolitan University and Tokai Rika and will be unveiled at the 3rd NEPCON JAPAN [Autumn]. |
| SOURCE： Tokyo Metropolitan University (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-08-28 | Observation of nonlinear thermoelectric effect in MoGe/Y3Fe5O12 Authors report the observation of a second-order nonlinear thermoelectric effect. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50115-4) | |
| 2024-08-26 | SWCNT thermoelectric conversion elements will be commercialized Zeon Corporation plans to commercialize a system that automatically detects abnormalities in heat piping by FY 2025. |
| SOURCE： The Chemical Daily (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-08-25 | A review of "Backpack Spacer" There was a review of Thanko's "Backpack Spacer" and "Cool Backpack 2". |
| SOURCE： ITmedia (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-08-24 | Space Strategy Fund The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is looking for organizations to develop underlying technology for thermoelectric conversion. |
| SOURCE： Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-08-23 | Call for proposals of research grant theme The Thermal & Electric Energy Technology Foundation call for proposals of research grant theme. |
| SOURCE： The Thermal & Electrical Energy Foundation (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-08-22 | Making Water from Air? The moisture collection capacity of the “portable moisture collection system” that has been newly developed by the KIMM’s research team is more than double that of conventional systems featuring thermoelectric modules. |
| SOURCE： Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials | |
| 2024-08-21 | Thermoelectric power generation on the moon A thermoelectric power generation project using "moon sand" as a heat storage material is underway. The main focus is on the development of heat storage materials. |
| SOURCE： EE Times Japan (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-08-20 | Tokai Rika Co., Ltd. and Meijo Nano Carbon Co., Ltd. have entered into a capital and business alliance Tokai Rika and Meijo Nano Carbon will collaborate on the development and commercialization of applications for CNT, such as thermoelectric conversion elements using fibrous CNT. |
| SOURCE： Meijo Nano Carbon | |
| 2024-08-19 | Advancing flexible thermoelectrics for integrated electronics This review provides a detailed overview of the progress of multifunctional integrated energy conversion and storage technologies based on thermoelectric conversion. The number of references is amazing. |
| SOURCE： Chem. Soc. Rev. (DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00361F) | |
| 2024-08-18 | Antimony prices are likely to rise China will impose export restrictions on antimony and related products. Antimony is used in Peltier modules. |
| SOURCE： MENAFN | |
| 2024-08-15 | The temperature adjusting clothing Tohan Denshi Kiki Co.,Ltd. will exhibit this clothing at the Osaka Expo. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-08-14 | $300 Neck Air Conditioner Torras sells a neck air conditioner for $329. |
| SOURCE： TORRAS | |
| 2024-08-13 | Melt growth of crystalline α-SrSi2 by the vertical Bridgman method and its thermoelectric characteristics The power factor was measured at 2.9 mW/mK2 at 300 K. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Crystal Growth (DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2024.127838) | |
| 2024-08-12 | Conductive Polymer-Based Thermoelectric Composites In this review, we discuss the compositing methods, properties, and applications of conductive polymer-based TE composites. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Composites Science (DOI: 10.3390/jcs8080308) | |
| 2024-08-11 | Panasonic's "nanoe" is amazing Cumulative shipments have now exceeded 100 million units globally. |
| SOURCE： Kaden Watch (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-08-10 | Top Thermoelectric Module Manufacturers Fortune Business Insights reports on each company's strategy. |
| SOURCE： Fortune Business Insights | |
| 2024-08-08 | Carbon Nanotube Fiber: The Key to Thermoelectric Textiles Authorrs found that carbon nanotube fibers (CNTF) could be a game changer. |
| SOURCE： DEXMAT | |
| 2024-08-07 | Sony's "REON POCKET 5" sales are strong Sales in Japan are double compared to last year. |
| SOURCE： Asagei Biz (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-08-06 | Cool benches in Kobe City Cool Benches were featured on a TV program on August 3rd. |
| SOURCE： TVer（Around 4 minutes, in Japanese） | |
| 2024-08-05 | Progress of measurement techniques and standards for the thermal properties of solid materials The August issue of "Oyo Buturi" featured an explanatory article on thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity. |
| SOURCE： Oyo Buturi (DOI: 10.11470/oubutsu.93.8_457) in Japanese | |
| 2024-08-04 | Ag2Se as a tougher alternative to n-type Bi2Te3 thermoelectrics The ⊿Tmax of the n-type Ag2Se and p-type Bi2Te3 module exceeded. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50898-6) | |
| 2024-08-02 | Outstanding Room-Temperature Thermoelectric Performance of n-type Mg3Bi2-Based Compounds Through Synergistically Combined Band Engineering Approaches The highest zT values of 1.1 and ≈1.2 at 300 and 423 K are achieved in Mg3.2Bi1.998−xSbxTe0.002Cu0.005x (x = 0.4 and 0.5) compounds, respectively. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202407017) | |
| 2024-08-01 | Electrically tunable giant Nernst effect in two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures Authors observe a record-high Nernst coefficient of 66.4 μV K-1 T-1 at ultralow temperatures and low magnetic fields. |
| SOURCE： Nature Nanotechnology (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01717-y) | |
| 2024-07-30 | Review of Chalcogenide-Based Materials for Low-, Mid-, and High-Temperature Thermoelectric Applications This review highlights the advancements in theoretical parameters as well as the figure of merit (ZT) of chalcogenide materials, emphasizing their device applications. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Electronic Materials (DOI: 10.1007/s11664-024-11310-7) | |
| 2024-07-28 | Try "REON POCKET 5" There is a report about Sony's "REON POCKET 5". |
| SOURCE： Nikkei Business Publications (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-07-27 | Recommended ranking of Peltier vests in Japan Peltier vest were evaluated on three criteria: cooling performance, quietness, and ease of use. |
| SOURCE： 360LiFE (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-07-25 | Multi-heterojunctioned plastics with high thermoelectric figure of merit A ZT of 1.28 was obtained at 368 K in PDPPSe-12:PBTTT multi-heterojunction plastics. |
| SOURCE： Nature (DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07724-2) | |
| 2024-07-24 | KELK's new product KELK will release the thermoelectric energy harvesting sensor "KSGD-SV10," which has a communication distance of approximately 500m, from October. |
| SOURCE： KELK (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-07-23 | Screen printing Ag2See/carbon nanocomposite films for flexible thermoelectric applications According to this paper, a flexible thermoelectric device assembled with the optimal film exhibits a power density of 29.1 W/m2 at a temperature gradient of 35.4 K. |
| SOURCE： Carbon (DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119480) | |
| 2024-07-22 | Magnetically tuned thermoelectric properties of metal-oxides: A review In this review, we investigate the influence of magnetic fields on the thermoelectric properties of oxide-based materials. |
| SOURCE： Materials Research Express (DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ad6533) | |
| 2024-07-19 | MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. Signs Distribution Agreement with KITANIHON SPINNING Co., Ltd. The agreement is synergistic given that both groups will work to promote the MOTHER Bracelet® for monitoring the health of the elderly in Japan. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM | |
| 2024-07-18 | Organic Thermoelectric Materials for Wearable Electronic Devices This paper reviews the types of organic thermoelectric materials and composites, their assembly strategies, and their potential applications in wearable electronic devices. |
| SOURCE： Sensors (DOI: 10.3390/s24144600) | |
| 2024-07-17 | Scientists observe record-setting electron mobility in a new crystal film Molecular beam epitaxy growth of p-type (Bi0.43Sb0.57)2Te3 and n-type Bi2(Te0.95Se0.05)3 has been reported. |
| SOURCE： MIT Department of Physics | |
| 2024-07-16 | NEDO Uncharted Territory Challenge Project Several thermoelectric developments were selected. |
| SOURCE： NEDO (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-07-15 | Korean Electrically-heated Thermoelectric Generator South Korea's Electrically-heated Thermoelectric Generator was proven to be able to maintain electrical output in space for a year and a half. |
| SOURCE： Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute（in Korean）， REFERENCE：dcinside.com | |
| 2024-07-13 | Low-Cost Magnesium-Based Thermoelectric Materials: Progress, Challenges, and Enhancements This review describes the performance of Mg2(Si,Sn) and Mg3(Sb,Bi)2, etc. the challenges and solutions, and the outlook for practical application. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Energy Mater.(DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.4c00961) | |
| 2024-07-12 | Recent trends and future perspectives of thermoelectric materials and their applications This review explores the ever-evolving landscape of thermoelectric materials, focusing on the latest trends and innovations in ceramics, thermally conductive gel-like materials, metals, nanoparticles, polymers, and silicon. |
| SOURCE： RSC Advances (DOI: 10.1039/D4RA03625E) | |
| 2024-07-11 | A method for selective extraction of semiconducting CNTs has been developed This method used alkylated cellulose as the extractant. |
| SOURCE： AIST (in Japanee) | |
| 2024-07-10 | PN Junction Carbon Nanotube Thermoelectric Generation Device with Novel Power Generation Mechanism The July issue of Monthly Function & Materials had an article on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： CMC Publishing (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-07-07 | Call for Proposals for Funding The Tanikawa Fund Promotion of Thermal Technology is currently accepting applications from researchers to conduct grant research. |
| SOURCE： Tanikawa Fund Promotion of Thermal Technology (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-07-05 | Stretchable Thermoelectric Generators for Self-Powered Wearable Health Monitoring Liquid metals epoxy improved Seebeck harvesting, Peltier cooling, and mechanical robustness. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials （DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202404861) | |
| 2024-07-03 | High-performance thermoelectric composites via scalable and low-cost ink processing According to this paper, excess Te-mediated liquid-phase sintering leading to a high zT of 1.3 at room temperature. |
| SOURCE： Energy Environ. Sci. (DOI: 10.1039/D4EE00866A) | |
| 2024-06-26 | Formation technique of nanostructured film and understanding of particle transport phenomena for application to thermoelectric power generation The Summer 2024 issue of "Manufacturing & Technology" had an article on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： Manufacturing & Technology Vol.76 No.3 (2024) (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-06-26 | Kyocera's new Peltier module The new Peltier module's Qmax is 21% higher than previous models. |
| SOURCE： KYOCERA (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-06-24 | Open Campus Net – Department of Electrical, Information and Physics Engineering, Tohoku University You can visit the Miyazaki Laboratory. |
| SOURCE： Department of Electrical, Information and Physics Engineering, Tohoku University (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-06-23 | A New Product of Cell Phone Cooler Thanko, Inc. released a cell phone cooler for bicycles and motorcycles on June 21st. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-06-22 | NASDAQ JAPAN IR EVENT MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. held an ir event at the NASDAQ Market Site on the 20th. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. | |
| 2024-06-20 | Special Issue：Innovating Thermoelectric Materials and Devices for Advanced Thermal Energy Applications The June issue of Bulletin of the Ceramic Society of Japan is a special issue on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： The Ceramic Society of Japan | |
| 2024-06-19 | New Directions for Thermoelectrics: A Roadmap from High-Throughput Materials Discovery to Advanced Device Manufacturing This review provides an overview of recent advances in discovering thermoelectric materials using high-throughput methods. |
| SOURCE： Small Science (DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202300359) | |
| 2024-06-17 | Perspective on Crystal Structures, Synthetic Methods, and New Directions in Thermoelectric Materials This review explores the state-of-the-art of thermoelectric materials, covering different crystalline structures and material families (e.g., chalcogenides, Zintl phases, skutterudites, clathrates, oxides, half-Heusler, organic–inorganic composites, metal–organic frameworks, and silicides). |
| SOURCE： Small Structures (DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202400136) | |
| 2024-06-15 | Developments and prospects of additive manufacturing for thermoelectric materials and technologies In this paper, the different AM processes used for fabricating thermoelectric materials are reviewed. |
| SOURCE： Sustainable Materials and Technologies (DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2024.e01008) | |
| 2024-06-14 | Advancements in thermoelectric materials: A comprehensive review This paper also summarizes MXene-based composite materials. |
| SOURCE： Materials Science for Energy Technologies (DOI: 10.1016/j.mset.2024.06.002) | |
| 2024-06-13 | Thermoelectric devices may solve overheating issues in shrinking transistors A team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University propose locally embedded thermoelectric devices (TEDs) that can perform active cooling inside circuits. |
| SOURCE： Tech Xplore | |
| 2024-06-12 | Thermoelectric Effect Seen in Liquids for the First Time A trio of physicists at Sorbonne Université, in France, has observed a thermoelectric effect between two liquid materials for the first time. |
| SOURCE： PHYS.ORG | |
| 2024-06-11 | Spring water-air thermoelectric generation Researchers at the AIST et al., have demonstrated the feasibility of "spring water-air thermoelectric generation," which utilizes the temperature difference between spring water and the atmosphere. |
| SOURCE： Energy Conversion and Management (DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118605) | |
| 2024-06-10 | Screening Weldable Metal Electrodes for Ag2Se Thermoelectric Devices below 300 ℃ Ag is sorted out as a promising weldable electrode. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (DOI:10.1021/acsami.4c05134) | |
| 2024-06-08 | Giant Enhancement of Seebeck Coefficient by Deformation of Silicene Buckled Structure in Calcium-Intercalated Layered Silicene Film This CaSi2 film with deformed silicene exhibits large power factor (≈40 μW cm-1 K-2) at room temperature. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Materials Interfaces (DOI:10.1002/admi.202101752) | |
| 2024-06-07 | Laird Thermal Systems Launches the SuperCool X Series The SuperCool X Series of thermoelectric cooler assemblies offering up to a 20% improvement in cooling capacity compared to the legacy edition. |
| SOURCE： Laird Thermal Systems | |
| 2024-06-06 | Controlling heat and electron transport by using nanopores The May issue of Monthly Chemistry had an article on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： Monthly Chemistry (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-06-05 | Mizuno's Peltier Vest Mizuno Corporation, a major Japanese manufacturer of general sporting goods, will release the "Ice Touch Device Vest" from June 20th. |
| SOURCE： Mizuno Corporation(in Japanese) | |
| 2024-06-04 | The challenge towards decarbonization 〜 From Kanagawa to the world 〜 Bosch is looking for companies with the technology to create value from unused resources. |
| SOURCE： AUBU (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-06-03 | Contemporary advances in organic thermoelectric materials This paper covers the fundamentals, properties, optimization strategies, and applications of organic thermoelectric materials. |
| SOURCE： Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114579) | |
| 2024-06-02 | The near future energy revolution There are many power generation methods that compete with thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： note.com (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-06-01 | Medirom's 24-hour remote health management system has become eligible for subsidies from Kanagawa Prefecture The system including Medirom "MOTHER Bracelet" have been certified as eligible for subsidies. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-05-30 | Mg-Defect Compensation to Realize High Performance at Room Temperature in Mg3Bi2-Based Thermoelectric Single Crystals A record-high figure of merit of 1.05 at 300 K is achieved for Mg3+xLi0.003Bi1.49Sb0.5Te0.01 single crystals. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c05443) | |
| 2024-05-29 | Large Spontaneous Transverse Thermoelectric Effect in Topological Kagome Ferromanget Thin Films In Fe3Sn thin films, the anomalous Nernst effect appears due to spontaneous magnetization even in zero magnetic field. |
| SOURCE： School of Science, The University of Tokyo | |
| 2024-05-28 | Neck coolers are popular again this year in Japan At Clearstone's Rakuten store, Peltier heatstroke prevention products are popular. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-05-26 | Business meeting for Marelli Corporation There seems to be a need for high-efficiency thermoelectric conversion at Marelli. |
| SOURCE： Saitama Industrial Promotion Public Corporation (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-05-24 | High-power-density hybrid planar-type silicon thermoelectric generator with phononic nanostructures More than 1 μWcm-2K-2 record-high power density of hybrid planar-type generator. |
| SOURCE： Materials Today Physics (DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2024.101452) | |
| 2024-05-22 | The Total Solution Exhibition for Electronic Equipment 2024 LINTEC Corporation will exhibit thermoelectric modules. |
| SOURCE： Japan Electronics Packaging and Circuits Association | |
| 2024-05-21 | "Backpack spacer" that stays cool and doesn't get stuffy This was released by Japanese THANKO on May 20th. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese ) | |
| 2024-05-20 | Fujitsu General's neck cooler has new features "Cómodo gear i3" is now equipped with rhythm stimulation. |
| SOURCE： IT media NEWS (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-05-19 | Divacancy and resonance level enables high thermoelectric performance in n-type SnSe polycrystals Authors realized a significant ZT enhancement by leveraging the synergistic effects of divacancy defect and introducing resonance level into the conduction band. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48635-0) | |
| 2024-05-18 | A Powerful Tool Speeds Success in Achieving Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Materials Method Allows Researchers to Boost Band Convergence Without Traditional Time-Consuming Trial-and-Error Approach. |
| SOURCE： University of Houston， Science (DOI: 10.1126/science.adn7265) | |
| 2024-05-17 | Energy saving/non-fossil energy conversion technology strategy 2024 In order to recycle unused heat and advance thermal energy system technology, it is necessary to improve the performance of thermoelectric conversion modules. |
| SOURCE： Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-05-15 | Nakamura MAGIC supplies thermoelectric units Nakamura Magic, which has unique heat sink technology, has developed two products: Magic Seebeck and Magic Peltier. |
| SOURCE： NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN,LTD., REFERENCE: Nakamura MAGIC | |
| 2024-05-14 | SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024: Global Startup Program E-thermoGentek Co., Ltd. will exhibit at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese), REFERENCE: SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 | |
| 2024-05-13 | Monthly Chemistry April issue There was an article on organic thermoelectric conversion. |
| SOURCE： Monthly Chemistry (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-05-12 | A Peltier handheld fan is also on sale from Nitori, a Japanese furniture and home accessories retail company This looks the same as Life on Products one, but the specifications are slightly different. |
| SOURCE： Nitori Holdings (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-05-11 | Special Issue: Progress in Thermoelectric Conversion Technology There was a special issue in the May issue of "Energy and Resources", the journal of Japan Society of Energy and Resources. |
| SOURCE： Japan Society of Energy and Resources | |
| 2024-05-10 | A Peltier handheld fan is also on sale from Komeri, Japanese major home improvement stores It is freestanding with a carabiner and is on sale today. |
| SOURCE： KOMERI Co.,Ltd. | |
| 2024-05-09 | Layer Exchange Synthesis of SiGe for Flexible Thermoelectric Generators The selection of metal species allows low-temperature formation (≤500℃) of p- and n-type SiGe on insulating substrates. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Electronic Materials (DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202400130) | |
| 2024-05-08 | E-thermoGentech has raised funds E-thermoGentech has accepted investment from San-in Sanso Corporation. |
| SOURCE： San-in Sanso (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-05-05 | High-Entropy Engineering in Thermoelectric Materials This review reveals the progress of high-entropy TE materials developed in the past decade. |
| SOURCE： Crystals (DOI: 10.3390/cryst14050432) | |
| 2024-05-04 | Comprehensive assessment of thermoelectric properties in modules The combination of the 3ω and time-domain impedance spectroscopy (TDIS) methods is useful for determining all thermoelectric properties, considering heat leakage through attached lead wires. |
| SOURCE： J. Appl. Phys. (DOI: 10.1063/5.0196012) | |
| 2024-05-02 | This year's trend for Peltier handheld fans is with a carabiner There was a press release from Tonichi Printing Co., Ltd. regarding the "Peltier Handheld Fans." |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese)， REFFERENCE：Alibaba.com | |
| 2024-05-01 | N-DMBI Doping of Carbon Nanotube Yarns for Achieving High n-Type Thermoelectric Power Factor and Figure of Merit Thermoelectric power factors (PFs) of 2800, 2390, and 1534 μWm-1K-2 are achieved at 200, 150, and 30 ℃, respectively. |
| SOURCE： Small Methods (DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301387) | |
| 2024-04-29 | The Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry published Volume 26 of "KIZASHI" E-thermoGentech Co., Ltd. was featured on "KIZASHI". |
| SOURCE： METI KANSAI (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-28 | Newton june issue "Physics of thermoelectric conversion" is on pages 42-51. |
| SOURCE： Newton Press (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-27 | How about a Peltier vest for touring? LINKS OF JAPAN, a motorcycle supplies retailer, has released a Peltier vest. |
| SOURCE： BikeBros (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-24 | REON POCKET 5 released Sony Thermo Technology Inc. released "REON POCKET 5" on April 23rd. |
| SOURCE： Sony Thermo Technology Inc. (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-23 | Four new Peltier products released by Thanko,Inc. Peltier Vest, Harness Compatible Peltier Vest, Neck Cooler Air, and Sennacool Plus have been released. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-21 | New Compact Refrigerators There were released on April 19th by MAXZEN Inc., a subsidiary of japanese major home improvement stores DCM Holdings Co., Ltd. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-20 | Demonstration experiment of battery-less IoT communication module using ProVo The i Smart Technologies Corporation conducted a demonstration experiment using a Fe-V-Al thermoelectric module. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-19 | Aquarium Chiller Kakeru was released by Zensui Co., Ltd. |
| SOURCE： ZENSUI (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-18 | High-efficiency Peltier cooling research consortium launched in South Korea Samsung Electronics has launched a consortium to develop high-efficiency Peltier cooling technology. |
| SOURCE： Aju News (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-17 | Space Strategic Fund 1.5 billion yen will be provided for elemental technology related to semi-permanent power supply systems. |
| SOURCE： Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - Japan (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-16 | Call for Proposals for Research Grant The Proterial Materials Science Foundation call for proposals for research grant. |
| SOURCE： Proterial Materials Science Foundation (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-15 | Crowdfunding Campaign of Peltier vests Approximately USD 20,000 in sales within 24 hours. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-13 | The essence of improved thermoelectric performance in elemental Te Authors reveal that the conspicuous enhancement of electrical conductivity and power factor of bulk Te stems from the dopant-induced metavalently bonded telluride precipitates. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47578-w) | |
| 2024-04-12 | The hand held fan with a Peltier module from 3COINS, Japanese 300 yen shop. It is about USD 14. The price was not much different from amazon.com. |
| SOURCE： 3COINS (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-11 | Thermoelectric Cloths for Energy Harvesters Using Carbon Nanotube Yarn There was a paper related to thermoelectrics in the Journal of the Imaging Society of Japan. |
| SOURCE： Journal of the Imaging Society of Japan (DOI: 10.11370/isj.63.157) | |
| 2024-04-10 | Sony Thermo Technology Inc. Sony Thermo Technology, a spin-out from Sony Group Corporation, has started operations. |
| SOURCE： Sony Thermo Technology Inc. (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-09 | Wearable Cooling Vest Fans with Peltier Module The surface of the Peltier module is 30 degrees cooler than the air temperature. |
| SOURCE： GIFTO Co., Ltd. (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-08 | Crowdfunding Campaign Results of Peltier Vests Crowdfunding for the news on February 27th has ended. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-07 | Mitsubishi Steel's thermoelectric development Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. is working to develop thermoelectric power generation materials that can convert waste heat into electricity. |
| SOURCE： MITSUBISHI STEEL MFG. | |
| 2024-04-05 | Analysis of Thermoelectric Energy Conversion in Peltier Devices and Making the Devices into General-Purpose Monolithic IC Structure There was a paper related to thermoelectrics in IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems 2024 No.4. |
| SOURCE： The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan | |
| 2024-04-04 | Peltier Vests Peltier vests are also on sale from Yamazen and Thanko. Thanko's vest is the same as the Bigborn's vest that I introduced on March 28th. |
| SOURCE： YAMAZEN CORPORATION (in Japanese)， Thanko,inc. (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-02 | Thermoelectric conversion using organic materials There was an article related to thermoelectrics in the April issue of the Journal of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan. |
| SOURCE： Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-04-01 | Advancements in thermoelectric materials This review explores the latest developments in thermoelectric (TE) materials spanning diverse categories, including the SnSe series, HH alloys, BiTe series, organic-inorganic composites, Cu2Se series, oxides, and GeTe/PbTe series. |
| SOURCE： Hybrid Advances (DOI: 10.1016/j.hybadv.2024.100176) | |
| 2024-03-31 | Synergistic Combination of Sb2Si2Te6 Additives for Enhanced Average ZT and Single-Leg Device Efficiency of Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3-based Composites In this work, a ≈38% enhancement of the average ZT (300−473 K) to 1.21 is achieved by mixing Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3 with an emerging thermoelectric material Sb2Si2Te6. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Science (DOI: 10.1002/advs.202400870) | |
| 2024-03-30 | Selective Charge Carrier Transport and Bipolar Conduction in an Inorganic/Organic Bulk-Phase Composite By introducing a conducting polymer filler (PEDOT:PSS) into a representative inorganic thermoelectric matrix (Bi2Te3), achieving a figure of merit of approximately 1.26 at 380 K. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c11235) | |
| 2024-03-29 | Synergistically optimized electron and phonon transport in high-performance copper sulfides thermoelectric materials via one-pot modulation An excellent figure of merit of ∼1.6 at 873 K is realized in the Cu1.992SSe0.016(Cu2SnSe4)0.004 bulk sample. |
| SOURCE： nature communication (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47148-0) | |
| 2024-03-28 | Good luck does not always repeat itself There was a special feature on Peltier vests on kuchofuku.com. |
| SOURCE： kuchofuku.com (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-03-27 | Giant Deformation Induced Staggered-Layer Structure Promoting the Thermoelectric and Mechanical Performance in n-Type Bi2(Te,Se)3 A ZT of approximately 1.3 was obtained at 423K with a sample of a Bi2Te2.694Se0.3I0.006+3wt%K2Bi8Se13 sintered body subjected to giant hot deformation. |
| SOURCE： small (DOI: 10.1002/smll.202401070) | |
| 2024-03-26 | Mobile ion confinement for better thermoelectrics The above paper was selected as a featured paper in Nature Portfolio. ZT＞3！？ |
| SOURCE： Nature | |
| 2024-03-24 | Flexible temperature-pressure dual sensor based on 3D spiral thermoelectric Bi2Te3 films The piezoresistive effect in the Bi2Te3 film makes it a pressure sensor. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI :10.1038/s41467-024-46836-1) | |
| 2024-03-23 | New Peltier vests from Workman Co.,Ltd. It will be re-released after the end of May. |
| SOURCE： Nikkei Business Daily on March 15th | |
| 2024-03-22 | Materials that make thermoelectric power generation harmless and cheap There was an article about Tokyo Institute of Technology in the Nikkei on the 22nd. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-03-21 | The New Thermoelectric Generator For Solar and Drones PyroDelta Energy has unveiled a new thermoelectric generator that utilizes high purity tellurium. |
| SOURCE： The New Money | |
| 2024-03-19 | The Peltier vest with 6 Peltier devices "Frozen Vest Pro" will be released soon from Fukutoku Corporation. |
| SOURCE： YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-03-18 | Structural and thermoelectric properties of doped Bi2Te3 crystalline alloys According to this paper, the maximum ZT was recorded at 1.97 for the highest Sb-doped Bi1.94Sb0.06Te3 at 430 K. |
| SOURCE： Materials Science and Engineering: B (DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2024.117276) | |
| 2024-03-15 | What to Do for Higher Power Thermoelectric Cooling Using a Peltier Device There was a Japanese translation of the technical explanation article for Analog Device. The English URL is unknown. |
| SOURCE： Mynavi (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-03-13 | A thermoelectric heat-pump booster In this paper, a thermoelectric heat-pump booster for district heating is presented. |
| SOURCE： Applied Energy (DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.122899) | |
| 2024-03-12 | Advances in theoretical calculations of organic thermoelectric materials Here, the latest theoretical advances regarding the effects of molecular design, chemical doping, ambipolar charge transport etc. . to TE conversion are carefully reviewed. |
| SOURCE： Chinese Chemical Letters (DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109749) | |
| 2024-03-11 | Results of crowdfunding for neck warmers Crowdfunding that started recruiting in Japan on November 24, 2023, has ended. There are 15 supporters. |
| SOURCE： CAMPFIRE (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-03-10 | Turning old solar panels into thermoelectric devices Researchers in Singapore are also working on developing a method for turning old solar panels into thermoelectric devices. |
| SOURCE： Agency for Science, Technology and Research - Singapore | |
| 2024-03-09 | Ultrahigh thermoelectric properties of p-type Bi0.3Sb1.7Te3 thin films In the present work, a p-type Bi0.3Sb1.7Te3 thin film is designed with a high figure of merit of 1.11 at 393 K and exceptional flexibility (less than 5% increase in resistance after 1000 cycles of bending at a radius of ∼5 mm). |
| SOURCE： Carbon Energy (DOI: 10.1002/cey2.541) | |
| 2024-03-08 | Highly stabilized and efficient thermoelectric copper selenide A ZT of ∼3.0 was obtained at 1,050 K. |
| SOURCE： Nature Materials (DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-01815-1) | |
| 2024-03-07 | New Handy Fan with Cooling Function This product is designed for women. |
| SOURCE： Life on Products | |
| 2024-03-06 | Solid State Physics Vol.59 Solid State Physics Vol. 59 No.1 and No.2 are special features on thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： Agune Gijutsu Center (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-03-05 | INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, DLR A video of research lab for magnesium silicide-based thermoelectric materials has been uploaded to YouTube. |
| SOURCE： YouTube | |
| 2024-03-03 | Planar Thermoelectric Microgenerators in Application to Power RFID Tags The application of thermoelectric elements to RFID tags can be considered. |
| SOURCE： Sensors (DOI: 10.3390/s24051646) | |
| 2024-03-02 | Peltier wears from I'Z FRONTIER Peltier wears have been posted on the I'Z FRONTIER website. |
| SOURCE： I'Z FRONTIER (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-02-29 | How to Build a Better Thermoelectric Cooler Sheetak Inc. has developed chip-based cooling and energy-harvesting products. |
| SOURCE： DesignNews | |
| 2024-02-28 | Interface Vol.49 No.12 Thermoelectric modules were introduced as active devices that could be used in agriculture on this journal. (pp.194-197) |
| SOURCE： CQ Publishing (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-02-27 | Crowdfunding Campaign of Peltier vests Peltier vests are now available on a crowdfunding platform, Makuake. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-02-25 | A new product from TEGWAY in South Korea A product called T-BAND will be released soon. |
| SOURCE： TEGWAY | |
| 2024-02-23 | Lintec has developed a thin and lightweight high-cooling Peltier modules There was an article about Lintec Corporation in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun on February 20th. |
| SOURCE： Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (in Japanese)， REFERENCE：2023-02-04 | |
| 2024-02-21 | Next generation spintronics device There was an article related spin Seebeck in the February issue of Yano E plus. |
| SOURCE： Yano Research Institute (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-02-20 | New Peltier vests from Workman Co.,Ltd. This year's production plan is double that of last year. |
| SOURCE： Mynavi (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-02-19 | Advanced Thermoelectric Textiles for Power Generation This review summarizes the recent progress of the textile-based TE devices. |
| SOURCE： Global Challenges (DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202300023) | |
| 2024-02-18 | New Peltier Vest There was an introduction video of the I’z Frontier's Peltier Wears 2024 model. |
| SOURCE： YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-02-17 | "Wearable air conditioner" rental campaign Fujitsu General is running a rental campaign where the rental fee for "Cómodo gear" is essentially free for two months. |
| SOURCE： Fujitsu General (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-02-16 | Thermoelectric Generators market Size According to a survey by Fuji Chimera Research Institute, it will be 10.2 billion yen in 2030. |
| SOURCE： Fuji Chimera Research Institute (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-02-15 | Lignin-Derived Ionic Conducting Membranes for Low-Grade Thermal Energy Harvesting A ZTi of 0.25 was obtained by using lignin, a by-product of cellulose separation from wood. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202306427) | |
| 2024-02-14 | Seebeck Effect in Molecular Wires Facilitating Long-Range Transport The Seebeck coefficient in electrografted bis-terpyridine Ru(II) complex films increases up to 10 nm in proportion to the the film thickness and exceeds 1 mV/K. |
| SOURCE： J. Am. Chem. Soc. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14012) | |
| 2024-02-11 | New water-cooled thermoelectric cooler Thermoelectric cooler HMC-21W-0300 is newly released by Hayashi Repic Co., Ltd. |
| SOURCE： Hayashi Repic (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-02-09 | Development of new thermoelectric materials that generate power perpendicular to heat flow Horizontal thermoelectric devices can be developed using layered Zintl phases Mg3Sb2 and Mg3Bi2. |
| SOURCE： Chem. Mater. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02970) | |
| 2024-02-07 | Next-Generation Quantum Materials for Thermoelectric Energy Conversion This review presents the recent advances in the search for thermoelectric (TE) materials, mostly among intermetallic compounds and in the enhancement of their TE performance. |
| SOURCE： Crystals (DOI: 10.3390/cryst13071139) | |
| 2024-02-05 | Transverse thermoelectric materials: Recent advances and challenges This review presents the recent advances in the new Transverse thermoelectricity materials and performance enhancement strategies. |
| SOURCE： Next Energy (DOI: 10.1016/j.nxener.2024.100105) | |
| 2024-02-03 | Germanium-telluride-based thermoelectrics There are performance graphs for Ge-Te-based and medium- to high-temperature thermoelectric materials. |
| SOURCE： Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering (DOI: 10.1038/s44287-023-00013-6) | |
| 2024-02-02 | Stand Alone Power Supplies Utilizing Thermoelectric Power Generation E-thermoGentek won the "NEDO Energy Conservation Technology Development Awards" at ENEX2024. |
| SOURCE： NEDO | |
| 2024-02-01 | SnSe: The rise of the ultrahigh thermoelectric performance material Authors review the recent advances in SnSe thermoelectrics, greatly changing the paradigm of studies and applications of thermoelectric technology. |
| SOURCE： BKCS (DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12821) | |
| 2024-01-31 | Highly Sensitive Thermopile Sensors Using Nanostructured Si-Ge Thermoelectric Materials There was a thermoelectric related paper in Sumitomo Electric Technical Review No.204. |
| SOURCE： SUMITOMO ELECTRIC | |
| 2024-01-28 | Air-Conditioned motorcycle Helmets on Closeout Sale You can currently purchase Feher Helmets at 30% off. |
| SOURCE： Feher Helmets | |
| 2024-01-26 | Exceptional thermoelectric performance in AB2Sb2-type Zintl phases through band shaping The highest p-type value of zT=1.4 was obtained in the Mg3Sb2 system. |
| SOURCE： Energy Environ. Sci. (DOI: 10.1039/D3EE04164F) | |
| 2024-01-25 | New constant temperature incubator shaker Taitec Corporation released a new constant temperature incubator shaker MBR-022R. |
| SOURCE： Taitec Corporation | |
| 2024-01-24 | Developing a novel personal thermoelectric comfort system for improving indoor occupant’s thermal comfort This paper indicates the potential for practical applications of a personal thermoelectric comfort system. In Japan, Peltier vests for outdoor became popular at last year. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Building Engineering (DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2024.108561) | |
| 2024-01-23 | A public database of thermoelectric materials and system-identified material representation for data-driven discovery Based on transfer learning with the proposed material descriptor, we greatly improved-score from 0.13 to 0.71 in predicting experimental ZTs of the materials from completely unseen material groups. |
| SOURCE： Computational Materials (DOI: 10.1038/s41524-022-00897-2)， Try using AI | |
| 2024-01-19 | Additional article about the paper introduced yesterday The paper, I introduced yesterday, was featured in IEEE Spectrum. |
| SOURCE： IEEE Spectrum | |
| 2024-01-18 | Anomalous enhancement of thermoelectric power factor in multiple two-dimensional electron gas system The power factor of multiple 2DEG in GaAs reaches the ultrahigh value of ∼100 μWcm-1 K-2 at 300 K. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44165-3) | |
| 2024-01-17 | STEM in situ thermal wave observations for investigating thermal diffusivity in nanoscale materials and devices Researchers at NIMS demonstrate the heat transport within various samples with a spatial resolution of ~10 nm and a temperature resolution of 0.01 K. |
| SOURCE： Science Advances (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj3825) | |
| 2024-01-15 | ITS 2023 Award Winners The International Thermoelectric Society board of directors announced the winners of the 2023 Awards. |
| SOURCE： International Thermoelectric Society | |
| 2024-01-14 | A "personal air-conditione" on the wrist Silent Cicada, a Singapore-based innovator, presented a wearable wrist-strap air conditioner at CES 2024. |
| SOURCE： The Straits Times | |
| 2024-01-12 | Lattice dynamics and thermoelectric properties of diamondoid materials This review provide a comprehensive view of our current understanding of thermal and electronic transport in diamondoid materials. |
| SOURCE： Interdisciplinary Materials (DOI: 10.1002/idm2.12134) | |
| 2024-01-10 | Fabrication and Characterization of a Thermoelectric Generator with High Aspect Ratio Thermolegs for Electrically Active Implants In this paper, the thermoelectric generator integrated with a boost converter is proposed. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Materials (DOI: 10.1002/admt.202470001) | |
| 2024-01-09 | Succeeded in generating electromotive force using the magneto-thermoelectric effect of topological magnetic materials Using thermopile devices made of thin films of two types of cobalt-based ferromagnetic compounds, authors succeeded in generating thermoelectric voltage at low temperatures and in zero magnetic field. |
| SOURCE： Nature Physics (DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02293-z) | |
| 2024-01-08 | Programmable and Surface-Conformable Origami Design for Thermoelectric Devices Compared with “π” structured TEDs, the origami design (with heat conductive materials) changed the heat-transferring direction of the laminated TE legs, resulting in an enhancement in enlarging ΔT/THot and Vout by 5.02 and 3.51 times. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Science (DOI: 10.1002/advs.202309052) | |
| 2024-01-07 | Weavable thermoelectrics There was a review of wearable thermoelectric materials and devices. |
| SOURCE： Materials Futures (DOI: 10.1088/2752-5724/ad0ca9) | |
| 2024-01-05 | Nikkei Best Award Nikkei selected Workman's Peltier Vest as one of the best products of 2023. |
| SOURCE： The Nikkei Business Daily (in Japanese) | |
| 2024-01-04 | Electronic skin with biomimetic structures realizes excellent isothermal regulation The authors propose a novel thermoregulating electronic skin (thermo-e-skin) with biomimetic structures, which mimics the human body thermoregulation mechanism by integrating a flexible thermoelectric device with a hydrogel composite material. |
| SOURCE： Nano Energy (DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.109189) | |
| 2024-01-03 | Thermoelectric power factor of composites The authors demonstrate that the best thermoelectric composite consists of a highly conductive metal and a high-performance thermoelectric. |
| SOURCE： Phys. Rev. Applied (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.014002) | |
| 2024-01-01 | Thermoelectric Heating Comes In From the Cold The alternative to heat pumps stands at the brink of commercialization. |
| SOURCE： IEEE Spectrum | |
| 2023-12-31 | Additive manufacturing of thermoelectric materials: materials, synthesis and manufacturing: a review This paper presents a comprehensive review of the research advancements of additive manufacturing technology in the fabrication of thermoelectric materials. |
| SOURCE： J Mater Sci (DOI: 10.1007/s10853-023-08953-y) | |
| 2023-12-30 | A waste heat power generation system will be exhibited at CES 2024 The Kyoto-shisaku-net will be exhibiting. |
| SOURCE： NEWSWITCH (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-12-29 | High-speed production of spintronics devices using inkjet The News on our website on December 19th was featured in today's Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Japanese newspaper. |
| SOURCE： Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (in Japanese)， 2023-12-19 | |
| 2023-12-28 | A comparative performance analysis of thermoelectric generators with a novel leg geometries The results demonstrate that the cross-vertical and butterfly legs perform 39.2% and 30.4%, respectively, higher than the squared (conventional) shape. |
| SOURCE： Energy Reports (DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2023.12.041) | |
| 2023-12-27 | Inverse-Perovskite Ba3BO (B = Si and Ge) as a High Performance Environmentally Benign Thermoelectric Material with Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity Ba3SiO (Ba3GeO) exhibits rather high ZT = 0.16–0.84 (0.35–0.65) at T = 300–623 K (300–523 K). |
| SOURCE： Advanced Science (DOI: 10.1002/advs.202307058) | |
| 2023-12-26 | Advanced Nanoscale Materials for Thermoelectric Applications In this Special Issue, we present nine high-quality original papers from the field of advanced nanoscale materials, with contributions from more than 50 authors worldwide. |
| SOURCE： Nanomaterials (DOI: 10.3390/nano13243165) | |
| 2023-12-25 | "TechBIZKON VII Digitalizing the world – Microelectronics for DX" winners announced Winners included TopoLogic and E-Thermo Gentek. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese), TechBIZKON VII - Digitalizing the World | |
| 2023-12-24 | Why isn't Workman's Peltier vest sold now? Because, Workman only place orders during the factory's off-season to keep prices low. |
| SOURCE： IT media (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-12-23 | Next generation Peltier vest The position of the Peltier device can now be moved. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-12-22 | Magneto-Thermoelectric Effect for a New Energy Conversion Technology: Anomalous Nernst Effect There was an article related to thermoelectrics in issue 11 of the Journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. |
| SOURCE： J-STAGE | |
| 2023-12-21 | Peltier cooling for thermal management in nanofluidic devices Authors discovered that the temperature of the nanopore can be adjusted either up or down by using an electric field to drive the flow of ions, depending on the concentration of the ions present. |
| SOURCE： Device (DOI: 10.1016/j.device.2023.100188) | |
| 2023-12-20 | Energy Harvesting System Market The energy harvesting system market is projected to grow from USD 0.6 billion in 2023 to reach USD 0.9 billion by 2028; it is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.0% from 2023 to 2028. |
| SOURCE： MARKETS AND MARKETS | |
| 2023-12-19 | Inkjet-Printed Flexible Spin Seebeck Thermopile Device for Low-Cost Spintronics Device Fabrication In response to the issue of spin Seebeck thermoelectric conversion elements, which have a low power generation voltage, authors succeeded in increasing the power generation voltage by patterning using an inkjet printer. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Engineering Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adem.202301069) | |
| 2023-12-17 | Facile Fabrication of Flexible and High-Performing Thermoelectrics by Direct Laser Printing on Plastic Foil The films survive 500 extreme-bending cycles to a 0.76 mm radius. It's amazing how it bends like this. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307945) | |
| 2023-12-14 | Focus on waste-heat harvesting via thermoelectric conversion: Materials, devices and systems for sustainable energy technologies This focused collection by the Italian Thermoelectric Society collates several research articles and a Roadmap highlighting the most recent advances in the field of thermoelectricity from the viewpoint of both basic and applied research. |
| SOURCE： Nanotechnology (DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad1439) | |
| 2023-12-13 | Nonlinear control system design for thermoelectric generators with disturbance In this paper, the authors have introduced a nonlinear control system design that enables stability assurance, target value tracking, and disturbance compensation with respect to generation voltage. |
| SOURCE： IEEJ Electric Library | |
| 2023-12-12 | Peltier units and Peltier devices are getting attention as heat countermeasures in Japan During the one year period from October 2022 to September 2023, the number of clicks on Peltier units and Peltier devices increased on the electronic component index site "indexpro.co.jp" in Japan. |
| SOURCE： PR TIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-12-10 | A Camera Cooler CR-02 camera cooler from Fotopro are now on sale. |
| SOURCE： Fotopro | |
| 2023-12-08 | Boosting Thermoelectric Performance of Bi2Te3 Material by Microstructure Engineering In this work, Bi2Te3/Sb and Bi2Te3/W multilayer films are proposed to enhance the thermoelectric properties. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Science (DOI: 10.1002/advs.202308056) | |
| 2023-12-07 | A titanium barrier layer for Bi2Te3 The contact resistivity of Ti/BiSbTe(BiTeSe) is less than 3 μΩ cm2 and the bonding strength remains above 10 MPa even after aging at 523 K for 45 days. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43879-8) | |
| 2023-12-06 | 2023 hit product ranking in Japan Workman Peltier Vest won a prize. |
| SOURCE： Nikkei MJ (free trial, in Japanese) | |
| 2023-12-05 | A compound annual growth rate of the global thermoelectric cooler market exceeds pre-coronavirus levels!? According to two recently published thermoelectric cooler market reports, the CAGR will exceed 10% until 2028. |
| SOURCE： DIGITAL JOURNAL， LinkdIn | |
| 2023-12-04 | An approach to improve the efficiency of cooling enhancement of a thermoelectric refrigerator through the use of phase-change materials The suggested approach of combining PCM with TEC can efficiently lower the cold end temperature of TEC by a maximum of 20 K, enhance the temperature gap by a maximum of 16 K, and preserve the consistency of the optimized quantity across various hot end heat transfer coefficients. |
| SOURCE： Energy Science & Engineering (DOI: 10.1002/ese3.1616) | |
| 2023-12-03 | Fabric-like thermoelectric conversion elements for wearable electronics There was an article related to thermoelectrics in Journal of the Textile Machinery Society of Japan "Seni" Vol.76 No.9. |
| SOURCE： Journal of the Textile Machinery Society of Japan (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-11-30 | New SWIR Image Sensor for Industrial Applications Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation announced the upcoming release of the IMX992 short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) image sensor for industrial equipment |
| SOURCE： Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group | |
| 2023-11-29 | High Thermoelectric Performance in Phonon-Glass Electron-Crystal Like AgSbTe2 Yb doping, which resulted in an outstanding thermoelectric performance with a figure of merit, zT∼2.4 at 573 K. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307058) | |
| 2023-11-28 | Thermoelectric Properties and Microstructure of Ge12Sb2Te15 Specimens It was found that a high density of stacking faults with a diameter of several tens of nanometers existed in the quenched in water sample. |
| SOURCE： Annual Report of the Wakasa Wan Energy Research Center Vol.25 p.91 (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-11-27 | Feasibility study on energy harvesting with thermoelectric generators in a photovoltaic-ground source heat pump system The thermoelectric generator showed sufficient applicability as a power source for data loggers and other sensors in a building system. |
| SOURCE： Energy Reports (DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2023.11.023) | |
| 2023-11-26 | Advances in the applications of thermoelectric generators This paper is a comprehensive review of thermoelectric generator applications, including powering small-scale electronics, waste heat recovery, and renewable energy generation. According to this paper, thermoelectric generator system costs are estimated to be in the range of 2000–15,000 USD/kW. |
| SOURCE： Applied Thermal Engineering (DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121813) | |
| 2023-11-25 | Rechargeable Neck Warmer Although it is already sold on other e-commerce sites, the neck warmer/cooler has been listed on the crowdfunding site CAMPFIRE. |
| SOURCE： CAMPFIRE (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-11-24 | Screening strategy for developing thermoelectric interface materials Authors developed a thermoelectric interface materials screening strategy that is based on phase diagram predictions by density functional theory calculations. |
| SOURCE： Science (DOI: 10.1126/science.adg8392) | |
| 2023-11-23 | A stretchable and efficient wearable thermoelectric energy harvester Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) succeeded in increasing the stretchability of thermoelectric generators by up to 35%, using a gasket with the metastructure. |
| SOURCE： Tech Xplore | |
| 2023-11-22 | A new method elucidates the mechanism behind the ultra-low thermal conductivity of amorphous materials A research group at Tokai University has used nanoindentation, 3W method, and phonon transport analysis to elucidate the origin of the ultralow thermal conductivity in amorphous Si thin films. |
| SOURCE： Applied Physics Express (DOI: 10.35848/1882-0786/ad0ba3) | |
| 2023-11-17 | Wide-temperature-range thermoelectric n-type Mg3(Sb,Bi)2 with high average and peak zT values A record-high average zT > 1.5 and a maximum zT of 2.04 at 798 K are achieved, resulting in a high thermoelectric conversion efficiency of 15%. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43228-9) | |
| 2023-11-16 | Effect of Inevitable Heat Leap on the Conversion Efficiency of Thermoelectric Generators In this Letter, authors report that, besides interfacial resistance, the inevitable heat leap caused by the Peltier effect is the main factor affecting the conversion efficiency of thermoelectric generators. |
| SOURCE： Phys. Rev. Lett. (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.207001) | |
| 2023-11-14 | A major update has been made to the TEC Microsystems Sub-assemblies web section The product line of thermoelectric sub-assemblies on TO-46 headers has been updated. |
| SOURCE： TEC Microsystems | |
| 2023-11-13 | Predictable thermoelectric performance of directly synthesized Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 using laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 was prepared by irradiating Bi/Sb powder and Te powder with laser. |
| SOURCE： Ceramics International (DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2023.11.035) | |
| 2023-11-12 | Increase in the efficiency of electricity production with a thermoelectric generator (TEG) A thermal paste is better than a thermal pad for improving contact thermal resistance. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (DOI: 10.1007/s10973-023-12703-2) | |
| 2023-11-10 | Hg Doping Induced Reduction in Structural Disorder Enhances the Thermoelectric Performance in AgSbTe2 According to this paper, zT∼2.4 was obtained at about 570K. |
| SOURCE： J. Am. Chem. Soc. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09643) | |
| 2023-11-09 | A perspective on stretchable ionic thermoelectric supercapacitors for wearable applications: Present and challenges This paper has been summarized recent studies on stretchable i-TE electrolytes, which hold considerable potential for use in wearable ITESCs and sensors. |
| SOURCE： Appl. Phys. Lett. (DOI: 10.1063/5.0174133) | |
| 2023-11-08 | Achieving carbon neutrality by generating thermoelectric power using unused heat Mitsubishi Materials Corporation is currently recruiting companies to participate in the above theme. |
| SOURCE： Mitsubishi Materials (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-11-07 | Are Topological Insulators Promising Thermoelectrics? The study marks TIs as serious candidates for TE applications owing to band inversion-driven warping. |
| SOURCE： ChemRxiv (DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-3nvl3) | |
| 2023-11-05 | A carbon nanotube thermoelectric module There is a thermoelectric module developed by Zeon Corporation on YouTube. |
| SOURCE： YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-11-04 | A review on structural characteristics and thermoelectric properties of mid-temperature range Chalcogenide-based thermoelectric materials Pb, In, Sn chalcogenide series and strategies to optimize their thermoelectric performance were reviewed. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Materials Science (DOI: 10.1007/s10853-023-09028-8) | |
| 2023-11-02 | Radiative cooling for continuous thermoelectric power generation in day and night The research results of National Institute for Materials Science were introduced in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. |
| SOURCE： NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-10-31 | Special Issue : Development of thermoelectric material based on crystal engineering There was a special issue on thermoelectricity in the journal of the Japanese Association for Crystal Growth. Abstracts can be read by non-members. |
| SOURCE： J-STAGE | |
| 2023-10-29 | KERI's thermoelectric technology, key to space probes, attracting German attention The KERI research team successfully fabricated multistage thermoelectric modules, achieving an efficiency that surpasses traditional single-stage modules by over 3% when the hot side exceeds 500 degrees Celsius. |
| SOURCE： EurekAlert! | |
| 2023-10-26 | Z-MAX follow-up news New Peltier modules have been posted on Z-MAX website. |
| SOURCE： Z-MAX | |
| 2023-10-25 | Higher manganese silicides（HMS） This review summarizes the crystal structure, band structure, zT, etc. of HMS. |
| SOURCE： Chem. Phys. Rev. (DOI: 10.1063/5.0167220) | |
| 2023-10-23 | Z-MAX Co., Ltd. will release two types of Peltier modules The maximum heat absorption capacity of this module is twice that of the current model. |
| SOURCE： NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-10-21 | Fabrication and Thermoelectric Properties of Freestanding Ba1/3CoO2 Single-Crystalline Films Even though it is an oxide, it has zT ∼ 0.55 at 600 ℃. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. (DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c01129) | |
| 2023-10-17 | Development of Cu2Se/Ag2(S,Se)-Based Monolithic Thermoelectric Generators for Low-Grade Waste Heat Energy Harvesting Although the material has a zT value of ∼0.5 at 300K, a maximum power density of 0.68 mW/cm2 at a ΔT = 30 K was obtained. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c09823) | |
| 2023-10-16 | Power generation using CNT yarn TPR Co., Ltd. demonstrated power generation using CNT yarn on a TV program. |
| SOURCE： TV TOKYO Corporation (in Japanese, video available only for TV Tokyo BIZ members) | |
| 2023-10-15 | The best thermoelectrics revisited in the quantum limit Using a boxcar function instead of a delta function, leading to zT exceeding the well-known Mahan–Sofo limit. |
| SOURCE： npj Computational Materials (DOI: 10.1038/s41524-023-01141-1) | |
| 2023-10-14 | A New Dehumidifier Product Although it may seem out of season, it may be good for dealing with the Leopard dust mites, which are increasing in Japan. |
| SOURCE： PRTIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-10-13 | FY2021 Iwatani Science and Technology Research Grants Recipients Award-winning research themes are introduced in the bulletin "needs" Vol.49. |
| SOURCE： Iwatani Naoji Foundation (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-10-12 | Enhancement on thermoelectric performance by Ti doping and vacancies in AgSbTe2 A peak zT of 1.8 was reported in AgSbTe2 based compounds. There are several papers with zT > 2 in AgSbTe2. |
| SOURCE： Materials Today Physics (DOI:10.1016/j.mtphys.2023.101255) | |
| 2023-10-11 | Identification of the most influential variables on the power generation of an automotive thermoelectric generator The inlet temperature of the high-temperature fluid has a greater influence than the electrical material properties of the thermoelectric modules. |
| SOURCE： Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (DOI:10.1016/j.csite.2023.103584) | |
| 2023-10-09 | Development of high temperature simultaneous measurement method for three thermoelectric properties with thermocouple probes NIST's SRM3452, etc. were measured with Ozawa Science's OZMA-1. |
| SOURCE： Netsu Bussei | |
| 2023-10-06 | Special Issue "Energy Harvesting and Energy Storage Systems, Volume II" There was a special Issue in MDPI's "electronics". |
| SOURCE： Electoronics | |
| 2023-10-05 | High-Efficiency Thermoelectric Module Based on High-Performance Bi0.42Sb1.58Te3 Materials According to the paper, a peak ZT of 1.40 at 375 K and a high average ZT of 1.25 between 300 and 500 K are achieved. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials (DOI:10.1002/adfm.202305686) | |
| 2023-10-04 | The underwater flow speed sensor The prototype can give feedback on the voltage variation corresponding to the speed variation with an accuracy of 0.5 m/s in 0∼3 s within the flow speed range of 0∼8 m/s. |
| SOURCE： Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (DOI:10.1016/j.sna.2023.114700) | |
| 2023-10-03 | Ferrotec Material Technologies Corporation proposes thermal solutions at Int'l Laser & Photonics Expo There was a press release from Ferrotec Material Technologies. |
| SOURCE： Ferrotec Material Technologies (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-10-01 | Enhancing power generation sustainability of thermoelectric pillars by suppressing diffusion at Bi-Sb-Te/Sn electrode interface using crystalline Co-P coatings The Co-P coating could effectively resist the diffusion of active Sn, Bi, Sb, Cu atoms. |
| SOURCE： Applied Energy (DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121997) | |
| 2023-09-30 | Investigation of Mn Single and Co-Doping in Thermoelectric CoSb3-Skutterudite Leading to a record power factor (PF) of ≈ 4.7 mW m-1 K-2 at 725 K in Mn0.04Co0.96Sb2.85Te0.15. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Energy Mater (DOI:10.1021/acsaem.3c01725) | |
| 2023-09-28 | Using thermoelectric conversion elements for 6G It appears that thermoelectric conversion elements will be used in highly-sensitive terahertz power sensors used in 6G. |
| SOURCE： National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-09-26 | There was a difference between the two crowdfunding programs Although there are differences in target areas, there are differences in the results of two recently completed crowdfunding efforts for wearable air conditioners. |
| SOURCE： KICKSTARTER， CAMPFIRE (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-09-24 | IoT-Based Brain Hypothermia System Using a Fuzzy Logic Controller and Measurements by Temperature Sensors The system can lower a patient's brain temperature, reducing the risk of permanent brain damage. |
| SOURCE： Nano Biomedicine and Engineering (DOI:10.26599/NBE.2023.9290031) | |
| 2023-09-23 | An overview of environmental energy harvesting by thermoelectric generators This review provides a comprehensive analysis the optimization strategies for utilizing thermoelectric generators to harvesting environmental energy (solar, radiant cooling, ocean, geothermal) from multiple perspectives. |
| SOURCE： Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2023.113723) | |
| 2023-09-22 | Multifunctional Thermoelectric Temperature Sensor for Noncontact Information Transfer and Tactile Sensing in Human-Machine Interaction It seems that an electronic skin could be created using a laminar thermoelectric aerogel of carbon nanotube/PEDOT:PSS/nanocellulose. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials (DOI:10.1002/adfm.202309553) | |
| 2023-09-19 | Plumbing the depths of thermoelectrics in search of novel materials A mixture of nickel and gold proved particularly promising. |
| SOURCE： PHYS.ORG | |
| 2023-09-17 | Konan New Century Strategic Research Project Konan University promotes the development of thermoelectric nanomaterials. |
| SOURCE： Konan University (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-09-16 | Development of ultra-lightweight and long-life organic thermoelectric conversion module for IoT sensors This theme has been selected as the A-STEP project for FY2023. |
| SOURCE： Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-Driven R&D (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-09-15 | Progress and perspectives in thermoelectric generators for waste-heat recovery and space applications Thermoelectric conversion technology currently being developed at JPL is introduced. |
| SOURCE： J. Appl. Phys. (DOI:10.1063/5.0166338) | |
| 2023-09-14 | Developed a highly accurate thermoelectric module conversion efficiency evaluation system This system reduces the amount of heat flowing out from the sides of the thermoelectric module. |
| SOURCE： National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-09-12 | A waterproof, environment-friendly, multifunctional, and stretchable thermoelectric fabric This fabric exhibit preferred water resistance, mechanical durability, and stability even after being bent 4000 times, stretched 1000 times, and washed 1000 times. |
| SOURCE： SusMat | |
| 2023-09-11 | Home care service provider introduces Medirom's monitoring system L-care Co., Ltd., which provides a comprehensive home care service business, has introduced "REMONY", a remote monitoring system using "MOTHER Bracelet®️". |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM （in Japanese) | |
| 2023-09-10 | Embr Wave There was an article about Embr Wave in the August issue of Nikkei TRENDY. |
| SOURCE： Nikkei Business Publications (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-09-09 | Warming/Cooling Mattress Pads Warming/cooling mattress pads ware listed on the crowdfunding site machi-ya. |
| SOURCE： machi-ya (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-09-08 | Photothermal-Actuated Thermoelectric Therapy This therapy seems to be effective for colon cancer, etc. |
| SOURCE： Chem. Mater. (DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01637) | |
| 2023-09-07 | Phononic Announces Strategic Supplier Agreement of Thermoelectric Cooling for LiDAR Sensor Systems Phononic announced a strategic supply agreement to provide thermoelectric cooling devices and related design and engineering services to Luminar. |
| SOURCE： Phononic | |
| 2023-09-05 | Annual Report 2022-2023, Collaborateive Research Projects of the Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology There were reports related to thermoelectrics, such as collaborative research report pages 107 and 142, etc. |
| SOURCE： Tokyo Institute of Technology | |
| 2023-09-02 | Reduce traffic accidents with MOTHER Bracelet MEDIROM MOTHER Labs Inc. and Japanese commercial EV manufacturer HW ELECTRO Co., Ltd. are collaborating to realize automated driving in emergency situations. |
| SOURCE： The Owner Driver (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-09-01 | SOURCENEXT starts selling MOTHER Bracelet Sourcenext Corporation starts selling MOTHER Braceleto of Medirom Mother Labs Inc. |
| SOURCE： SOURCENEXT (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-08-31 | KELK will raise prices KELK will increase the price of thermoelectric modules by 15% from September 1st. |
| SOURCE： KELK (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-08-30 | Call for proposals of research grant theme The Thermal & Electric Energy Technology Foundation call for proposals of research grant theme. |
| SOURCE： The Thermal & Electrical Energy Foundation (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-08-28 | A review of thermoelectric generators for waste heat recovery in marine applications Thermoelectric generators for waste heat recovery systems can recover approximately 6% of total energy from a ship and increase the overall fuel energy efficiency by up to 55%. |
| SOURCE： Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (DOI:10.1016/j.seta.2023.103394) | |
| 2023-08-27 | Unlocking the potential of metal halide perovskite thermoelectrics through electrical doping: A critical review In this critical review, recent studies aimed at enhancing the thermoelectric properties of metal halide perovskites are discussed. |
| SOURCE： EcoMat(DOI:10.1002/eom2.12406) | |
| 2023-08-26 | Flexible thermoelectric generator and energy management electronics powered by body heat A bracelet has been developed that operate with a temperature difference of 2K to 4K. The bracelet integrates a wearable thermoelectric generator, wearable energy management electronics, a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) wireless chipset, sensors, and peripheral electronics. |
| SOURCE： Microsystems & Nanoengineering (DOI:10.1038/s41378-023-00583-3) | |
| 2023-08-22 | Thermoelectric generators may be used in CCS devices Sandia National Laboratories in the United States has successfully tests heat-powered system for CCS (carbon dioxide capture and storage). |
| SOURCE： Sandia National Laboratories | |
| 2023-08-21 | Special Issue "Advances in Waste Heat Recovery Using Thermoelectric Generators" There was a special issue on Processes of MDPI. |
| SOURCE： Processes | |
| 2023-08-20 | Unraveling the Origin of Donor-Like Effect in Bismuth–Telluride-Based Thermoelectric Materials Herein, it is found that different from the common argument, the donor-like effect in Bi2Te3-based polycrystals is a result of the oxygen-adsorption-induced evolution of the point defects. |
| SOURCE： Small Science (DOI:10.1002/smsc.202300082) | |
| 2023-08-19 | Synergetic Optimization of Thermoelectric Performance in Sb-Doped GeTe Synergetic optimization of the electrical and thermal transport performance of GeTe has been achieved through Sb doping in this work, resulting in a high thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of 2.2 at 723 K. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (DOI:10.1021/acsami.3c08779) | |
| 2023-08-17 | The expanding world of “personal cooling” More than 5000 Sony "REON POCKET 4" were purchased on the Japanese Amazon in one month. |
| SOURCE： ITmedia NEWS (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-08-16 | Improved figure of merit (z) at low temperatures for superior thermoelectric cooling in Mg3(Bi,Sb)2 A peak z of 2.92 × 10-3 K-1 at 290 K is obtained. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40648-5) | |
| 2023-08-12 | Aisin Takaoka developed a new business utilizing its core technology There was an article about Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd. in The Mid-Japan Economist. The core technology is casting. |
| SOURCE： THE MID-JAPAN ECONOMIST (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-08-10 | 3D Printing of Bi2Te3-Based Thermoelectric Materials with High Performance and Shape Controllability By optimizing the electronic and phonon transport properties through defect engineering driven by 3D printing, a high figure of merit was accomplished for 1.27 (p-type) and 1.13 (n-type) in bismuth telluride. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c08116) | |
| 2023-08-09 | Completed a centralized physical condition monitoring and management system using "MOTHER Bracelet" MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. has released REMONY, a 24-hour remote physical condition monitoring system, in Japan. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-08-06 | Oxide Materials for Thermoelectric Conversion In this review, authors summarize the recent research progress and introduce improvement strategies in oxide-based thermoelectric materials. |
| SOURCE： Molecules (DOI: 10.3390/molecules28155894) | |
| 2023-08-05 | Ferrotec has started online sales of chillers Ferrotec has started selling "FerroCool®" on the EC site "AXEL" operated by AS ONE Corporation. |
| SOURCE： Ferrotec Material Technologies (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-08-03 | A Thermostat For Your Body This item was on KICKSTARTER. |
| SOURCE： KICKSTARTER | |
| 2023-08-02 | High-Throughput Screening of High-Performance Thermoelectric Materials with Gibbs Free Energy and Electronegativity High-performance thermoelectric materials can be screened using only the molar Gibbs free energy and electronegativity of the material. |
| SOURCE： Materials (DOI: 10.3390/ma16155399) | |
| 2023-08-01 | New Neck Cooler Slim Thanko Co., Ltd. has released "Neck Cooler Slim Pacific League 6 Team Model". |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-07-30 | New innovations in“wearable coolers” Examples of Sony and Fujitsu General are introduced. |
| SOURCE： Nikkei×TECH (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-07-29 | Recent Design and Application of Energy Harvesting (Popular Edition) The first edition of 2015 "Recent Design and Application of Energy Harvesting" was released by CMC Publishing at a discounted price. |
| SOURCE： CMC Publishing (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-07-27 | Development of Thermoelectric Half-Heusler Alloys over the Past 25 Years In the review, thermoelectric properties (at 300 K and 800 K) of more than 1100 compositions from more than 220 publications between 1998 and 2023 were collected and evaluated. |
| SOURCE： Crystals (DOI:10.3390/cryst13071152) | |
| 2023-07-26 | UncorrelaTEd Project The UncorrelaTEd project, one of the the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, has been introduced in the Innovation News Network. |
| SOURCE： Innovation News Network | |
| 2023-07-25 | A flexible sensor has been developed that can measure heat flow in and out with high accuracy A research team from the University of Tokyo and Nitto Denko Corporation has developed a heat flow sensor using the anomalous Nernst effect. |
| SOURCE： The University of Tokyo | |
| 2023-07-24 | Global Thermoelectric Devices Market The global thermoelectric devices market revenue was around US$ 1.02 billion in 2022 and is estimated to reach US$ 2.12 billion by 2031, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.5% during the forecast period from 2023 to 2031. |
| SOURCE： Panorama Date Insights | |
| 2023-07-23 | Cooled Foot Rest Thanko, inc. has released a footrest "Hieti" that cools down. |
| SOURCE： Thanko (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-07-22 | Next-Generation Quantum Materials for Thermoelectric Energy Conversion This review presents the recent advances in the search for thermoelectric (TE) materials, mostly among intermetallic compounds and in the enhancement of their TE performance. |
| SOURCE： Crystals (DOI:10.3390/cryst13071139) | |
| 2023-07-21 | Advances in Flexible Thermoelectric Materials and Devices Fabricated by Magnetron Sputtering Figure 1 is comparing of features (cost, efficiency, performance, surface smoothness) for different thin-film fabrication routes, including screen printing, ink printing, evaporating, vacuum filtration, and magnetron sputtering. |
| SOURCE： Small Science (DOI:10.1002/smsc.202300061) | |
| 2023-07-19 | Latent heat has been used to generate electricity and could help cooling devices power themselves Researchers at the University of Tokyo were successfully able to use the very small amount of latent heat energy generated by the phase transition — between soluble and insoluble — to create electricity. |
| SOURCE： The University of Tokyo | |
| 2023-07-16 | Thermoelectric energy harvesting for internet of things devices using machine learning: A review The authors present a comprehensive review of machine learning (ML) approaches applied in combination with TEG-powered IoT devices to manage and predict available energy. |
| SOURCE： CAAI Trans. Intell. Technol. (DOI: 10.1049/cit2.12259) | |
| 2023-07-14 | Introduction Videos of AIST Global Zero Emission Research Center There is a video of the Thermoelectrics and Thermal Management Team. |
| SOURCE： National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | |
| 2023-07-13 | A Cross-Plane Design for Wearable Thermoelectric Generators with High Stretchability and Output Performance The prepared TEG generates a high power density of 10.02 W m−2 at a vertical temperature gradient of 40 K. |
| SOURCE： Small (DOI:10.1002/smll.202304529) | |
| 2023-07-12 | To Beat the Heat, Personal Cooling That You Can Take With You There was an article about SONY's "REON POCKET 4" in The Wall Street Journal. |
| SOURCE： The Wall Street Journal | |
| 2023-07-11 | Tin selenide may hold the key for thermoelectric solutions The reduction of the heat conductivity of tin selenide was found to be an order-disorder phase transition. |
| SOURCE： PHYS.ORG | |
| 2023-07-10 | Body Heat Powered Wirelessly Wearable System for Real-time Physiological and Biochemical Monitoring There is a method to cool the low temperature side of the element by the evaporation heat of sweat. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials (DOI:10.1002/adfm.202303361) | |
| 2023-07-09 | Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Aided Thermoelectric Energy Conversion and Storage According to the abstract, the figure of merit is greater than 2.4. |
| SOURCE： Angewandte Chemie (DOI:10.1002/ange.202307947) | |
| 2023-07-08 | "Knowledge Exploration Course", Aichi Prefecture Lectures on thermoelectricity will be held at Nagoya Institute of Technology and Toyota Technological Institute for high school students in Aichi Prefecture. |
| SOURCE： Aichi Prefectural Government (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-07-07 | Grace Technologies acquires Perpetua Power With this acquisition, Grace Technologies reinforces its commitment to providing cutting-edge IIoT solutions that empower businesses with reliable, long-life power in the most demanding industrial environments. |
| SOURCE： Perpetua Power by Grace Technologies | |
| 2023-07-06 | Data-driven overview of transport and thermoelectric properties in Starrydata literature databas The presentation by Dr. Yukari Katsura from NIMS at ICT2023 has been uploaded to YouTube. |
| SOURCE： YouTube | |
| 2023-07-05 | An independent IoT sensor for monitoring infrastructure There was a report on thermoelectrics in the Information Processing Society of Japan Digital Library. |
| SOURCE： IPSJ Digital Library | |
| 2023-07-04 | The new product of cooling therapy device Nippon Sigmax Co., Ltd. released "Icing System CE4000 II" on July 3rd. |
| SOURCE： PRTIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-07-03 | Thanko Co., Ltd. collaborates with Sanrio Co., Ltd. Thanko sells neck cooler Slim Cinnamoroll model / Kuromi model in limited quantities. |
| SOURCE： Thanko (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-07-02 | Strategies to enhance the performance of thermoelectric materials: A review In this review paper, the strategies used by researchers to enhance the performance of thermoelectric materials have been discussed in unified manner. Please attention that there are errors in the formula in the PDF. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (DOI:10.1063/5.0147000) | |
| 2023-06-30 | Crowdfunding for the neck cooler is over The number of supporters has been reduced to half compared to the crowdfunding that ended in May. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese), REFERENCE: 2023-05-07 | |
| 2023-06-28 | Itchy Reliever Device Osaka Heat Cool's "ThermoScratch" is now available on KICKSTARTER. |
| SOURCE： KICKSTARTER | |
| 2023-06-27 | New neck cooler PowerArQ, which sells outdoor goods, is currently on sale. |
| SOURCE： PowerArQ (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-06-23 | Development of heat exchanger with thermoelectric generation function using factory exhaust heat by heat exchange fin tube This project was selected as a research and development support project for growing type small and medium enterprises in FY 2023. |
| SOURCE： METI Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-06-22 | South Korean Researchers Develop Flexible Thermoelectric Device that Can Power Wearables with Body Heat The internal resistance of the newly-developed flexible thermoelectric device was reduced by a factor of six compared to existing devices. |
| SOURCE： The Korea Bizwire， ACS Energy Lett. (DOI:10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00243) | |
| 2023-06-21 | Development of Laminated Organic Thermoelectric Modules for Lithium-ion Battery Charging and Power Source Applications There was an article about thermoelectrics in the June issue of Monthly Function & Materials. |
| SOURCE： CMC Publishing (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-06-19 | Monthly Clean Energy There were articles related to thermoelectrics in the May and June issues. |
| SOURCE： May Issue (in Japanese)， June Issue (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-06-17 | Special Feature Energy Harvesting Supporting the IoT Society There was an article about thermoelectrics in the June 2023 issue of Monthly Denkikeisan. |
| SOURCE： Denkikeisan (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-06-16 | Experimental Studies of a Thermoelectric Device to Stop Bleeding In this paper, the design of a prototype thermoelectric device for stopping bleeding by local freezing of the blood flow area is discussed. |
| SOURCE： Biomed Eng (DOI:10.1007/s10527-023-10275-x) | |
| 2023-06-15 | Observation of anomalous Nernst effect equivalent to crystals in amorphous thin films of iron and tin Authors in this paper demonstrate that the Berry curvature in the short-range crystalline order of kagome-lattice fragments effectively contributes to the anomalous electrical and magneto-thermoelectric properties in Fe–Sn amorphous films. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-39112-1) | |
| 2023-06-13 | The Backpack Style Peltier Vest "Coolruck" was released from Thanko on June 12th. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-06-11 | Half-Heusler alloys as emerging high power density thermoelectric cooling materials According to this paper, the use of this material led to a 210% enhancement in cooling power density compared to Bi2Te3-based devices and a conversion efficiency of 12%. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-38446-0) | |
| 2023-06-10 | Development and Applications of Thermoelectric Oxide Ceramics and Devices This review includes a summary of the fabrication method and the performance improvement strategies for thermoelectric oxide ceramics. |
| SOURCE： Energies (DOI:10.3390/en16114475) | |
| 2023-06-07 | New thermoelectric modules from Laird Thermal Systems MSX series for optical sensors has been developed. |
| SOURCE： Laird Thermal Systems | |
| 2023-06-06 | Denka Co., Ltd. will commercialize IoT services using thermoelectric conversion modules It seems to use conductive polymer flexible thermoelectric conversion modules. |
| SOURCE： The Chemical Daily (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-06-04 | Workman Peltier Vest The Workman Peltier vest sells well in Japan. 30,000 of them were made, but they are out of stock in Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi, and other prefectures. |
| SOURCE： WORKMAN (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-06-03 | Techno-environmental analysis of material substitution in thermoelectric modules: non-oxide (bismuth telluride alloys) vs. oxide-based (lanthanum-doped strontium titanate and calcium cobaltite) materials This paper presents a comparative LCA of two laboratory-based TE modules namely, non-oxide n-type selenium-doped Bi2Te3 and p-type antimony-doped Bi2Te3 (Module A) versus oxide-based n-type lanthanum-doped SrTiO3 and p-type layered Ca3Co4O9 (Module B). |
| SOURCE： Energy Conversion and Management: X (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecmx.2023.100395) | |
| 2023-06-02 | New release of cooling vest Nippon Sigmax Co., Ltd. released "Medi Aid Icing Gear Vest" on June 1st. |
| SOURCE： NIPPON SIGMAX (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-05-31 | Sales of cooling vests are strong in Japan！？ The crowdfunding of the cooling vest has ended. Support money is more than neck coolers. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-05-30 | Lattice plainification advances highly effective SnSe crystalline thermoelectrics Researchers at National Natural Science Foundation of China demonstrated that Cu can fill Sn vacancies to weaken defects scattering and boost carrier mobility with an average ZT of ∼2.2 at 300 to 773 kelvin. |
| SOURCE： Science (DOI: 10.1126/science.adg7196) | |
| 2023-05-29 | Recent advances in silicon-based nanostructures for thermoelectric applications There was a review on nanostructured silicon, SiGe, Mg2Si, etc. |
| SOURCE： APL Materials (DOI: 10.1063/5.0134208 ) | |
| 2023-05-28 | Special Feature | Development and Application of Thermoelectric Conversion Technology There was a special feature on thermoelectrics in the April 2023 issue of Functional & Materials. |
| SOURCE： CMC Publishing (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-05-27 | Released "Cool Backpack" from Thanko A cooling plate that can be attached to a backpack has been released. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-05-26 | Brainwave sensing with weak energy from body temperature A research group at Osaka University has developed a prototype equipped with a thermoelectric device and demonstrated that it can transmit high-quality electroencephalogram data. |
| SOURCE： ResOU (in Japanese), 2023 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2023) | |
| 2023-05-25 | All-Fiber Integrated Thermoelectrically Powered Physiological Monitoring Biosensor A team led by Professor Dong Wang of Wuhan Textile University has succeeded in operating a glucose sensor by organically fusing thermoelectric and biosensing fibers. |
| SOURCE： Adv. Fiber Mater. (DOI:10.1007/s42765-023-00258-8) | |
| 2023-05-24 | NIST Team Demonstrates Novel Way to Convert Heat to Electricity Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reduced the heat conductivity of the silicon sheet by 21% without lowering its electrical conductivity or changing the Seebeck effect. |
| SOURCE： NIST | |
| 2023-05-23 | Improved thermoelectric performance with metavalent bonding A κlatt of 0.3 Wm–1K-1 was achieved in TlBiSeS with a maximum n-type thermoelectric figure of merit (zT) of ∼0.8 at 715 K. |
| SOURCE： J. Am. Chem. Soc. (DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c02146) | |
| 2023-05-22 | It was found that the anomalous Nernst effect in Co(MgO)1-x granular thin films varies with the composition of MgO There was an article about thermoelectrics in the Dempa Digital on the 21st. |
| SOURCE： DENPA DIGITAL (in Japanese)、 REFERENCE: Appl. Phys. Lett. (DOI:10.1063/1.5140461) | |
| 2023-05-19 | Boosting Thermoelectric Performance in Epitaxial GeTe Film/Si by Domain Engineering and Point Defect Control This study demonstrates a simultaneous realization of ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric power factor in epitaxial GeTe thin films/Si substrates by a combination of the interface introduction by domain engineering and the suppression of Ge vacancy generation by point defect control. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (DOI:10.1021/acsami.3c01404) | |
| 2023-05-16 | Evaluation of Efficiency for Miniscale Thermoelectric Converter under the Influence of Electrical and Thermal Resistance of Contacts In this paper, the effect of undesirable electrical and thermal resistances on the maximum efficiency of cooling and generating converters made of Bi2Te3-based materials is analyzed. |
| SOURCE： Energies (DOI:10.3390/en16104082) | |
| 2023-05-15 | Proceeding of ICAMME 2022 The proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME 2022) are now on sale. |
| SOURCE： Springer Link | |
| 2023-05-14 | Thermoelectric generator being developed for Ghana, Nigeria Researchers at the University of Derby in UK are developing a thermoelectric generator for use in rural Ghana and Nigeria. |
| SOURCE： ESI AFRICA | |
| 2023-05-13 | "Cómodo gear i3" release Fujitsu General Limited has also started selling a new model of "wearable air conditioner". The previous model was rental only. |
| SOURCE： FUJITSU GENERAL (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-05-12 | Proceedings of APAC-Silicide 2022 JJAP Conference Proceedings Vol. 10 '6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Semiconducting Silicides and Related Materials, 2022 (APAC-Silicide 2022)' has been published. |
| SOURCE： J-STAGE | |
| 2023-05-11 | Introducing MOTHER Bracelet to the US Market MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. taps into U.S. market with ""MOTHER Bracelet", the World’s First Activity Tracker in the World that does not require recharging. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM | |
| 2023-05-09 | Improvement of performance of liquid thermoelectric conversion device "thermocell" that generates electricity using cooling liquid There was a thermoelectric-related technical report in the April issue of "Clean Energy". |
| SOURCE： JAPAN INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHING (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-05-08 | There are Peltier related products on Green Funding There were 2 products of Peltier-related products on Green Funding. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese)， GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese), REFERENCE: 2023-04-22 | |
| 2023-05-07 | Crowdfunding for the neck cooler is over. Result is? The crowdfunding that I announced on April 6th has ended. The support money was less than 1/10 compared to other neck coolers in the last year. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese)， REFERENCE: 2022-06-30 | |
| 2023-05-06 | What is the highest zT for thermoelectric materials? I asked Bing's AI chat with various answer styles.I got the most recommended answer when I asked the question in English in the "Precise" answer style. The highest zT for thermoelectric materials is around 5 to 61. 1) Nature 576, 85–90 (2019) |
| REFERENCE: How-To Geek | |
| 2023-05-04 | Copper-Based Diamond-like Thermoelectric Compounds: Looking Back and Stepping Forward In this study, the structure characteristics and TE performances of typical CBDLs were briefly summarized. |
| SOURCE：
Materials (DOI:10.3390/ma16093512), REFERENCE: Nano Energy (DOI:10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108493) |
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| 2023-05-03 | Meet the Autonomous Lab of the Future Robots operate instruments and artificial intelligence makes decisions to find useful new materials at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. |
| SOURCE： Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | |
| 2023-05-01 | Thermoelectric Borides: Review and Future Perspectives There is a graph of temperature dependence of peak zT for various thermoelectric materials, too. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Physics Research (DOI:10.1002/apxr.202300010) | |
| 2023-04-29 | After the neck cooler, cooling clothes are popular ? On April 26th and 27th, there were launched of the cooling vest and fans for cooling clothes at crowdfunding Makuake. Both are doing well. |
| SOURCE： Cooling Vest (in Japanese)， Peltier Fan (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-04-28 | Compositing effects for high thermoelectric performance of Cu2Se-based materials The Cu2Se-BiCuSeO-graphene composites presented excellent thermoelectric properties with a ZTmax value of ∼2.82 at 1000 K. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-38054-y) | |
| 2023-04-27 | Multi-Functional and Stretchable Thermoelectric Bi2Te3 Fabric for Strain, Pressure, and Temperature-Sensing Interestingly, intrinsic negative piezoresistance of Bi2Te3 NPs under lateral strain is found. See supplemental Movie 1. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Functional Materials (DOI:10.1002/adfm.202300092) | |
| 2023-04-26 | Newspaper article on AIST's the organic thermoelectric conversion element and the thermoelectrochemical cell There was an article about thermoelectrics in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun on April 20th. |
| SOURCE： NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-04-25 | Thanko's New Product Thanko, inc. released the cooling plate "Senacool" on April 24. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-04-24 | High throughput calculations for a dataset of bilayer materials Authors present a computational bilayer materials dataset containing 760 structures with their structural, electronic, and transport properties. |
| SOURCE： Scientific Data (DOI:10.1038/s41597-023-02146-7) | |
| 2023-04-23 | Evolving Strategies Toward Seebeck Coefficient Enhancement How to enhancement the Seebeck coefficient was summarized in this treatise. |
| SOURCE： Acc. Mater. Res. (DOI:10.1021/accountsmr.3c00009) | |
| 2023-04-22 | New neck coolers There are new neck coolers using two thermoelectric modules in GREEN FUNDING. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese), GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-04-21 | "REON POCKET 4" released Sony Group released "REON POCKET 4" and "REON POCKET TAG" on April 20th. |
| SOURCE： Sony Group (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-04-20 | Thermoelectric energy harvesting for IoT sensors using carbon nanotubes Crowdfunding academist project on February 18, 2022 has become a treatise. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Materials Interfaces (DOI:10.1002/admi.202300171) | |
| 2023-04-18 | Thanko's New Cooling Vest Thanko released a new cooling vest on April 17th. |
| SOURCE： THANKO (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-04-17 | Matrix Industries and Torex Semiconductor Team Up to Spread Energy Harvesting Worldwide Matrix Industries and Torex Semiconductor Ltd. announced the formation of a co-marketing and co-product development relationship aimed at increasing product adoption in energy harvesting. |
| SOURCE： TOREX | |
| 2023-04-16 | Ion–Electron Coupling Enables Ionic Thermoelectric Material with New Operation Mode and High Energy Density Researchers at Chongqing University have made ionic thermoelectric materials with grapefruit peels and pomelo peels. |
| SOURCE： Nano-Micro Lett. (DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01077-7) | |
| 2023-04-14 | Three dimensional architected thermoelectric devices with high toughness and power conversion efficiency The authors developed a core–shell thermo-electric 3D microlattice TEGs consisting of hybrid carbon cores and thermo-electric shells (p-Sb2Te3 and n-Bi2Te3) that exhibit a power conversion efficiency of ∼10%. |
| SOURCE： Nature Communications (DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-37707-2) | |
| 2023-04-09 | Mini Portable Fan There is a product using a thermoelectric module in GREEN FUNDING. |
| SOURCE： GREEN FUNDING (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-04-08 | Introduction Movies to Thermoelectricity The Thermoelectric Society of Japan created videos for beginners. |
| SOURCE： The Thermoelectrics Society of Japan (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-04-07 | Roadmap on thermoelectricity In this Roadmap an overview is given about themost recent experimental and computational results obtainedwithin the Italian research community onthe optimization of composition and morphology of some thermoelectric materials, as well as on the design of thermoelectric and hybrid thermoelectric/photovoltaic devices. |
| SOURCE： Nanotechnology (DOI:10.1088/1361-6528/acca88) | |
| 2023-04-06 | The neck cooler is now available to crowdfunding Makuake New product has appeared in Makuake again this year. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-04-05 | New thermoelectric coolers from Laird Thermal Systems Laird Thermal Systems developes the micro OptoTEC™ MBX series. |
| SOURCE： Laird Thermal Systems | |
| 2023-04-04 | Human body heat-driven thermoelectric generators as a sustainable power supply for wearable electronic devices It seems that in optimizing the performance of wearable thermoelectric generators (WTEGs), it is necessary to consider the effect of the human body's thermoregulatory responses, such as skin temperature and sweating rate. |
| SOURCE： Heliyon (DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14707) | |
| 2023-04-02 | Thermoelectric power generation at Yumura Onsen in Hyogo Prefecture This thermoelectric generator has an output of 100 W at a temperature difference of 65 ℃. |
| SOURCE： PRTIMES (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-04-01 | New handheld fan Spice Co., Ltd. released a hand-held fan with a cooling plate, "Slide Cool Fan" on March 31st. |
| SOURCE： Spice (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-03-30 | Toughening Thermoelectric Materials: From Mechanisms to Applications This review explores enlightening research into recent intrinsically ductile thermoelectric materials and promising toughening strategies of thermoelectric materials to elucidate their applications in the field of flexible thermoelectric devices. |
| SOURCE： International Journal of Molecular Sciences (DOI:10.3390/ijms24076325) | |
| 2023-03-29 | If only the lip of the tumbler is temperature changed Just a 2 ℃ change in the lip of the tumbler temperature changes the taste. |
| SOURCE： ITmedia NEWS (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-03-26 | Panasonic Launches Laser Hair Removal With Cooling System "Hikari Esthe Smooth Epi ES-WG0A" will be released on May 1st. |
| SOURCE： Panasonic (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-03-25 | A theoretical method has been developed for automatically designing materials that exhibit targeted physical properties In this paper, authors developed a general framework that can automatically design a Hamiltonian with desired physical properties by using automatic differentiation. This framework may accelerate thermoelectric materials exploration through automatic building of models and principles. |
| SOURCE： Communications Physics (DOI:10.1038/s42005-023-01132-0) | |
| 2023-03-23 | Recent Advances in Multicomponent Organic Composite Thermoelectric Materials This review summarizes the concepts, the design criteria, the research progress of organic–inorganic and all-organic multicomponent thermoelectric materials which contain three or more different ingredients, as well as their applications. |
| SOURCE： Advances Electrinic Materials (DOI:10.1002/aelm.202201310) | |
| 2023-03-22 | Menstrual pain experience training Osaka Heat Cool has started a new business. |
| SOURCE： Osaka Heat Cool (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-03-21 | Development of flexible thermoelectric conversion devices and hot/cold presentation technology that contributes to the next-generation IoT society There was an article about thermoelectrics in the March issue of "Clean Technology". |
| SOURCE： JAPAN INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHING (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-03-20 | Performance assessment and optimization of a thin-film thermoelectric cooler for on-chip transient thermal management The results show that the thin-film thermoelectric cooler with the optimal configuration enables a passive cooling of 15.57 ℃ and an active cooling of 5.85 ℃ simultaneously for a chip hotspot with a transient heat flux of 1300 W/cm2. |
| SOURCE： Applied Thermal Engineering (DOI:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120079) | |
| 2023-03-17 | Ferrotec Material Technologies and Asahi Rubber signed a distributorship agreement for each other's products The material for Asahi Rubber's flexible modules appears to be made by Ferrotec Material Technologies. |
| SOURCE： Ferrotec Material Technologies (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-03-16 | Development of single crystals containing lattice defects for practical use of thermoelectric power generation There was an article about thermoelectrics in the February issue of "Agricultural Biotechnology". |
| SOURCE： Hokuryukan & NEW SCIENCE co., ltd. (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-03-15 | Entering new era of thermoelectric oxide ceramics with high power factor through designing grain boundaries According to researchers at West Virginia University, segregating a special kinds of dopants at grain boundaries can significantly improve thermoelectric performance. |
| SOURCE： Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2023.113186) | |
| 2023-03-14 | Open Innovation Pitch in Central Japan There was an article about an event attended by the COO/CTO of E-thermogentec. |
| SOURCE： ASCII STARTUP (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-03-12 | Dynamic crystallography reveals spontaneous anisotropy in cubic GeTe The authors measured GeTe with an ultra-high-speed camera called the variable-shutter pair distribution function (vsPDF) method. |
| SOURCE： Nature Materials (DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01483-7), YouTube | |
| 2023-03-10 | Zebra stripe energy harvesters In this paper, authors introduce stretchable and ecoresorbable radiative cooling/heating systems engineered with zebra stripe–like patterns that enable the generation of a large in-plane temperature gradient for thermoelectric generation. |
| SOURCE： Science Advances（DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adf5883） | |
| 2023-03-09 | Panasonic Holdings has developed a power generation module The material is a combination of newly developed materials such as Ge-based alloys. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI GX (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-03-08 | Review on Fiber-Based Thermoelectrics: Materials, Devices, and Textiles In this review, the complete process from thermoelectric materials to single-fiber/yarn devices to thermoelectric textiles is introduced comprehensively. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Fiber Materials (DOI:10.1007/s42765-023-00267-7) | |
| 2023-03-07 | High-resolution magnetic imaging by mapping the locally induced anomalous Nernst effect using atomic force microscopy Using this technology, it is possible to visualize the thermoelectric effect inside the device. |
| SOURCE： Applied Physics Letters (DOI:10.1063/5.0136613) | |
| 2023-03-05 | Towards High Conversion Efficiency of Thermoelectric Modules Through Synergistical Optimization of Layered Materials A conversion efficiency of ～15.2% (ΔT=670K) was obtained with a segmented single-leg of P-type half Heusler. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Materials (DOI:10.1002/adma.202210407) | |
| 2023-03-03 | Gauge to simultaneously determine the electrical conductivity, the Hall constant, and the Seebeck coefficient up to 800 ℃ This gauge may be a new product of Linseis. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems (DOI:10.5194/jsss-12-69-2023) | |
| 2023-03-02 | Research Progress of Interfacial Design between Thermoelectric Materials and Electrode Materials There is a review of interfacial reactions of Bi2Te3-based and PbTe-based etc. thermo-electric materials with various electrode materials. |
| SOURCE： ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (DOI:10.1021/acsami.2c21035) | |
| 2023-03-01 | Thermoelectric generators are getting more R&D attention R&D from the University of Notre Dame (2022-11-08 News) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2021-01-05 News) was featured in AspenCore's EDN. |
| SOURCE： EDN | |
| 2023-02-28 | Workman Co., Ltd. will launch "Cooling & Heating Vests" Starting in May, 10,000 clothes will be sold for 20,000 yen (about 147 USD) each. |
| SOURCE： IT media NEWS (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-27 | Break the novel coronavirus into pieces Panasonic's home appliance nanoe, which uses a Peltier module, causes viruses to collapse. |
| SOURCE： Panasonic Holdings (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-25 | Will neck coolers be in vogue again this year? It seems that two new companies will release new products. |
| SOURCE： The Shizuoka Shimbun (in Japanese)， YouTube (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-24 | Denka Company Limited has developed a flexible thermoelectric generator This thermoelectric generator uses polymers. |
| SOURCE： Denka | |
| 2023-02-23 | Dehumidifier, Humidifier and Air Purifier in 1 A home appliance with 3 roles per unit is now available at Makuake. |
| SOURCE： Makuake (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-22 | Knowledge extraction and performance improvement of Bi2Te3-based thermoelectric materials by machine learning It seems that machine learning was able to simultaneously improving thermoelectric and mechanical properties. Copper:@ |
| SOURCE： Materials Today Physics (DOI:10.1016/j.mtphys.2023.100971) | |
| 2023-02-21 | Workman Co., Ltd. is also developing clothes with cooling and heating functions Jointly developing by Workman Co., Ltd. and Shiftall. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI | |
| 2023-02-19 | High-Performance Stretchable Thermoelectric Generator for Self-Powered Wearable Electronics When worn on the forehead at an ambient temperature of 15 ℃, the stretchable TEG of about 6 mm square exhibits excellent power densities with a maximum value of 13.8 µW cm-2 under the breezeless condition. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Science (DOI:10.1002/advs.202206397) | |
| 2023-02-18 | Development of a thermoelectric generation system that recycles low-temperature exhaust heat energy On February 3, there was a presentation of research results at the Miyazaki Industrial Technology Center. |
| SOURCE： Miyazaki Prefecture Industrial Technology Center (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-14 | Missed-program Webcast of the JST Thermoelectric Conversion Technology New Technology Presentation Meetings A part of the video held on January 12th has been uploaded to YouTube. |
| SOURCE：YouTube (in Japanese) Improve performance of liquid thermoelectric conversion element "thermoelectrochemical cell" that obtains electrical energy using cooling liquid Production of environment-friendly Group IV thermoelectric materials using nanocrystal formation technology compatible with Si process technology Thermoelectric conversion technology using hydrated ion conductors |
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| 2023-02-13 | Metamaterial Thermoelectric Conversion There was a special feature on metamaterials in the January issue of Function & Materials. |
| SOURCE： Function & Materials (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-12 | Sony subscription Sony has started offering "REON WIZ" using the technology of the wearable device "REON POCKET". |
| SOURCE： SONY (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-11 | Test-marketing of the thermoelectric generation unit The thermoelectric generation unit that Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. exhibited at ENEX2023 will be sold for product tester from April 2023. |
| SOURCE： NIKKEI×TECH (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-09 | The Clean Energy February issue There were thermoelectric related articles. |
| SOURCE： The Clean Energy (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-08 | The hair curling iron, considering less damage to hair This prototype is a senior thesis of the International College of Technology. |
| SOURCE： International College of Technology (in Japanee) | |
| 2023-02-07 | High Thermoelectric Performance and Ultrahigh Flexibility Ag2S1–xSex film on a Nylon Membrane The power density of a 6-leg TE generator assembled with the film is 6.6 W/m2 under a temperature difference of 28.8 K. I think that this unit and the unit of the graph do not match. |
| SOURCE： ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (DOI:10.1021/acsami.2c21987) | |
| 2023-02-06 | ZEON wins nano tech 2023 Grand Award Zeon Corporation received the award for its flexible power generation device using CNT sheets and other products. |
| SOURCE： NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-05 | New DC/DC converter for thermoelectric power generation is released Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation has launched AP4473. |
| SOURCE： Asahi Kasei Microdevices | |
| 2023-02-04 | Peltier module with a thickness of 0.6 mm LINTEC Corporation exhibited this module at the Neo Functional Material 2023. |
| SOURCE： MONOist (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-03 | VR device to experience the temperature of the metaverse The Product exhibited at CES2022 will be on sale. |
| SOURCE： Shiftall (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-02-01 | Thermoelectrics in thin films with van der Waals interfaces There was an article about thermoelectrics in "OYO BUTURI" Vol.92 No.2. |
| SOURCE： OYO BUTURI | |
| 2023-01-30 | Commercial Laser Hair Removal Machines TEC is used in hair removal machines, too. |
| SOURCE： A-Esthetic | |
| 2023-01-29 | New Facial Massager MTG Co., Ltd. will release "ReFa DERMA HEAT", a facial device that combines high-frequency vibration heat and Peltier cooling, from February 1st. |
| SOURCE： MTG (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-01-28 | Global Power Technologies's New Thermoelectric Generator Global Power Technologies announced Sentinel on January 25th. |
| SOURCE： Global Power Technologies | |
| 2023-01-27 | High Thermoelectric Performance in Entropy Driven Ge1-2x-yPbxSnxSbyTe There was a paper that Ge0.84Pb0.025Sn0.025Sb0.11Te has zT～2.3 at 723K. |
| SOURCE： J. Mater. Chem. A (DOI:10.1039/D2TA09075A) | |
| 2023-01-25 | Succeeded in low-power road-to-vehicle communication with FAST material module Using exhaust waste heat from LED lights on the road, a "people present" signal was sent to the vehicle. |
| SOURCE： IWASAKI ELECTRIC (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-01-24 | Possibility of perovskite oxide There was a video related to thermoelectrics in "Yumenavi Lecture Video". |
| SOURCE： Yumenavi (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-01-22 | Thanko released a new stove fan A fan with a height of 130mm was released in 2018, but a type with a height of 210mm was new released. |
| SOURCE： Thanko (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-01-20 | Thermoelectric Modules Market Size 2023 With Rising Demand The global Thermoelectric Modules market was valued at USD 538.8 million in 2019 and it is expected to reach USD 935 million. |
| SOURCE： MarketWatch | |
| 2023-01-18 | KELK launches new products New release of the industrial waste heat recovery unit and the thermoelectric EH vibration sensor device. |
| SOURCE： KELK (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-01-17 | The January issue of "Kinzoku, materials science & technology" There were two articles related to thermoelectrics. |
| SOURCE： AGNE Gijutsu Center (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-01-16 | Enhanced thermoelectric performance of p-type Mg2Sn single crystals The p-type Li-doped Mg2Sn SC with a Li content of 2.5% is the highest value for a p-type Mg2Sn ever reported. |
| SOURCE： J. Mater. Chem. A (DOI:10.1039/D2TA08557G) | |
| 2023-01-15 | N-type CNT thermoelectric conversion materials were developed This report presents n-type single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) films with ultra-long air stability using a cationic surfactant. |
| SOURCE： Scientific Report (DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-26108-y) | |
| 2023-01-14 | CES 2023 At this year's CES, where only carbon-free products stood out, there were also thermoelectric-related products. |
| SOURCE： ASCII.jp×Digital (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-01-13 | Enabling Nanoscale Thermoelectrics with a Novel Organometallic Molecular Junction A research team from Tokyo Institute of Technology and Korea University has developed organometallic complexes that exhibit high Seebeck coefficients and thermal durability. |
| SOURCE： Tokyo Institute of Technology | |
| 2023-01-12 | Fe-Ni-Cr diffusion barrier for high-temperature operation of Bi2Te3 The reliability of the Fe-Ni-Cr metallization layer was demonstrated with a 32-couples thermoelectric module, which showed a 5 % enhancement compared to Ni metallization thermoelectric module. |
| SOURCE： Journal of Alloys and Compounds (DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.167537) | |
| 2023-01-11 | MOTHER Bracelet™ UNITED ARROWS Special Edition MEDIROM will release a collaboration model with UNITED ARROWS, speciality store. |
| SOURCE： MEDIROM (in Japanese) | |
| 2023-01-10 | A new method to evaluate thermoelectric materials Working with one of the world's preeminent thermoelectric materials researchers Goldsmid, a team of researchers in the Clemson University has developed a new, fool-proof method to evaluate thermoelectric materials. |
| SOURCE： PHYS.ORG | |
| 2023-01-09 | Special Issue "Thermal/Thermoelectric Transport in Nanostructured System" There was a special issue in the nanomaterials. The deadline for manuscript submission is December 31, 2023. |
| SOURCE： Nanomaterials | |
| 2023-01-07 | Humidity-thermoelectric bimodal energy harvester for sustainable power generation This energy harvester is an asymmetric cell of poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid) (PSSH) and n-Bi2Te3. |
| SOURCE： Nano Energy (DOI:10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.108120) | |
| 2023-01-06 | Thermoelectric Eenergy Harvesters The book I introduced yesterday didn't have much on thermoelectrics, but there was a paper on thermoelectric energy harvesting for personalized healthcare. |
| SOURCE： Smart Medicine (DOI:10.1002/SMMD.20220016) | |
| 2023-01-04 | Correlated Rattling of Sodium-Chains Suppressing Thermal Conduction in Thermoelectric Stannides Tin-based intermetallics with tunnel frameworks containing zigzag Na chains that excite correlated rattling impinging on the framework phonons are attractive as thermoelectric materials owing to their low lattice thermal conductivity. |
| SOURCE： Advanced Materials (DOI:10.1002/adma.202207646) | |
| 2023-01-02 | Single-material-based anomalous Nernst thermopile driven by solar heating and radiative cooling The voltage generated from this structure increases by an order of magnitude. |
| SOURCE： Applied Physics Express（DOI:10.35848/1882-0786/ac8637) | |
| 2023-01-01 | Photo-Thermoelectric Sensors This paper summarized the fundamentals and applications of CNT-film-based PTE sensors. |
| SOURCE： Micromachines（DOI:10.3390/mi14010061) |