High-performance, scalable, sustainable thermoelectric materials 3D printed

https://ist.ac.at/en/news/cooling-materials-out-of-the-3d-printer/

"rapid, localized heat management, solid-state refrigerators... more efficient, less costly/ wasteful production... net cooling effect 50° in air, similar to ones significantly more expensive... as ink's carrier solvent evaporates, effective atomic bonds formed between grains, creating atomically connected material network, improving charge transfer between grains... extrusion-based  properties of porous materials... wearables, burn treatment,  muscle strain relief. high-temperature thermoelectric generators"

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