Topic: Stretchable Thermoelectrics: Strategies, Performances, and Applications

Stretchable thermoelectric materials and devices have emerged as a promising frontier in next-generation energy harvesting and thermal management technologies, offering seamless integration with soft, deformable, and bio-conformal systems. Recent advances in material design, structural engineering, and hybrid manufacturing have significantly improved mechanical stretchability, energy-conversion efficiency, and long-term stability under complex deformation conditions. These developments are driving transformative progress in wearable electronics, self-powered sensors, soft robotics, personalized healthcare, and intelligent human-machine interfaces.

This Special Issue aims to highlight cutting-edge research and comprehensive reviews that address the fundamental mechanisms, material innovations, device architectures, and system-level applications of stretchable thermoelectrics. We welcome submissions that push the boundaries of performance, durability, multifunctionality, and real-world applicability.

Key areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

● Preparation of novel stretchable/flexible thermoelectric materials (organic, inorganic, and hybrid systems);

● Mechanically adaptive design strategies to enhancestretchability, flexibility, and reliability;

● Microstructural engineering and interface modulation for improved thermoelectric performance;

● Data-driven design approaches for stretchable/flexible thermoelectric materials toaccelerate discovery and optimize performance;

● Advanced fabrication techniques for deformable thermoelectric devices and arrays;

● Modeling, simulation, and theoretical studiesof thermo-mechanical coupling;

● Wearable and biointegrated thermoelectric systems for self-powered sensing,biomedical applications, and thermal regulation.

Stretchable thermoelectrics, flexible thermoelectric materials, energy harvesting, wearable electronics, self-powered sensors