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ArticleNational science review2026

Confinement-induced giant ionic thermovoltage at minimal temperature gradients via series-integrated micro-thermoelectric cells in hierarchical hydrogels.

Mi Fu, Yuwei Yuan, Faqi Hu, Liguo Xu, Dan Zhao, Kan Yue

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Article in National science review, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Mi FuState Key Lab of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy and Information Polymer Materials, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Yuwei YuanState Key Lab of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy and Information Polymer Materials, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Faqi HuState Key Lab of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy and Information Polymer Materials, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Liguo XuCollege of Light Chemical Industry and Materials Engineering, Shunde Polytechnic University, Foshan 528333, China.
Dan ZhaoLaboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Norrköping 601 74, Sweden.
Kan YueState Key Lab of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy and Information Polymer Materials, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1450-0279

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Harvesting low-grade waste heat, particularly from ubiquitous small temperature fluctuations, requires materials that deliver high voltage outputs under minimal thermal gradients. Conventional ionic thermoelectric (i-TE) hydrogels rely on the global, continuous thermodiffusion of ions (i.e. the Soret effect) across the entire material, which typically yields limited voltages at small temperature differences (Δ

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hierarchically structuredionic hydrogelsSeebeck coefficientshort-range diffusionthermoelectric

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PMID42328514
PMCPMC13281098

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