Thermoelectric generation via tellurene for wearable applications: recent advances, research challenges, and future perspectives

Wearable real-time, non-invasive personalized health monitoring sensors and low-power electronics critically necessitate alternative power supplies because batteries have proven insufficient due to their demerits of charging cycles and periodic degradation and replacement. Thermoelectric energy harnessing from human body heat via the Seebeck effect is an effective route to develop flexible thermoelectric generators that enables continuous power …