Stamp-Like Energy Harvester and Programmable Information Encrypted Display Based on Fully Printable Thermoelectric Devices

Xingzhong Zhang; Yue Hou; Yang Yang; Ziyu Wang; Xiaosa Liang; Qingqing He; Yufeng Xu; Xiaolong Sun; Hongyu Ma; Jing Liang; Yong Liu; Wei Wu; Hongyu Yu; Haizhong Guo; Rui Xiong

doi:10.1002/adma.202207723

Stamp-Like Energy Harvester and Programmable Information Encrypted Display Based on Fully Printable Thermoelectric Devices

Adv Mater. 2023 Feb;35(6):e2207723. doi: 10.1002/adma.202207723. Epub 2022 Dec 18.

Authors

Xingzhong Zhang^{1

2}, Yue Hou³, Yang Yang⁴, Ziyu Wang², Xiaosa Liang², Qingqing He⁴, Yufeng Xu², Xiaolong Sun², Hongyu Ma¹, Jing Liang⁵, Yong Liu¹, Wei Wu⁵, Hongyu Yu³, Haizhong Guo⁶, Rui Xiong¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
² The Institute of Technological Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
³ Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA.
⁵ Laboratory of Printable Functional Materials and Printed Electronics, School of Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
⁶ Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China.

PMID: 36445020
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207723

Abstract

Thermoelectric (TE) devices exhibit considerable application potential in Internet of Things and personal health monitoring systems. However, TE self-powered devices are expensive and their fabrication process is complex. Therefore, large-scale preparation of the TE devices remains challenging. In this work, simple screen-printing technology is used to fabricate a user-friendly and high-performance paper-based TE device, which can be used in both stamp-like paper-based TE generators and infrared displays. When used as a paper-based TE generator, an output power of 940.8 µW is achieved with a temperature difference of 40 K. The programmable infrared pattern based on the TE array display could be used to realize encryption and anti-counterfeiting properties. Moreover, a visual extraction algorithm is used to develop a mobile application for processing and decoding the infrared quick response code information. These findings offer an exciting approach to using paper-based TEGs in applications such as energy harvesting devices, optical encryption, anti-counterfeiting, and dynamic infrared display.

Keywords: infrared information encryption; paper-based; screen-printing; stamp-like; thermoelectric generator.

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