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Figure 3. (A) Architecture of TE device for on-body applications representing a heat sink under vertical temperature gradient from the skin to ambient[98], Copyright 2022 Wiley-CH GmbH (B) fabricated prototype and wearable wrist sleeve with textile-based TE device, (C) real-time measurement of open-circuit voltage output without a heat sink under stationary and walking scenarios[98], Copyright 2022 Wiley-CH GmbH (D) representation of crack propagation tendency in NPs and bulk and SEM images of densely formed Bi2Te3 NPs inside TE fabric and (E, F) sensing mechanism of Bi2Te3 TE fabric and their illustration of the pressure and temperature-sensing array[100]. Copyright 2023 Wiley-VCH GmbH. TE: Flexible thermoelectric; SEM: Scanning electron microscopy; NPs: nanoparticles.