Thermoelectric converter: Strategies from materials to device application

Z Wu, S Zhang, Z Liu, E Mu, Z Hu - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectricity, green technology which can convert huge free thermal energy to
electricity without time and geography limitations, is vital for bright future energy to alleviate …

Advances in flexible thermoelectric materials and devices fabricated by magnetron sputtering

B Hu, XL Shi, T Cao, M Li, W Chen, WD Liu… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the direct conversion between thermal and electrical energy, thermoelectric materials
and their devices exhibit great potential for power generation and refrigeration. With the …

Flexible thermoelectric materials and generators: challenges and innovations

Y Wang, L Yang, XL Shi, X Shi, L Chen… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The urgent need for ecofriendly, stable, long‐lifetime power sources is driving the booming
market for miniaturized and integrated electronics, including wearable and medical …

Review of experimental approaches for improving zT of thermoelectric materials

Z Ma, J Wei, P Song, M Zhang, L Yang, J Ma… - Materials Science in …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past years, various work has been devoted to improving the thermoelectric figure of
merit zT, and remarkable advances have been achieved. In 2019, an abnormal zT value …

Promising materials for thermoelectric applications

B Cai, H Hu, HL Zhuang, JF Li - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can directly convert heat to electricity and vice versa. ZT (= S 2 σ
T/κ) is usually used for evaluating the performance of thermoelectric materials. Improving ZT …

[HTML][HTML] A practical field guide to thermoelectrics: Fundamentals, synthesis, and characterization

A Zevalkink, DM Smiadak, JL Blackburn… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The study of thermoelectric materials spans condensed matter physics, materials science
and engineering, and solid-state chemistry. The diversity of the participants and the inherent …

Layered materials with 2D connectivity for thermoelectric energy conversion

M Samanta, T Ghosh, S Chandra… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The current problems of decreasing fossil fuel reserves and the increasing pollution level
due to burning of these fossil fuels are expected to worsen in the future with ever increasing …

Thermoelectric power generation: from new materials to devices

G Tan, M Ohta, MG Kanatzidis - … Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thermoelectric technology offers the opportunity of direct conversion between heat and
electricity, and new and exciting materials that can enable this technology to deliver higher …

Strategies to improve the thermoelectric figure of merit in thermoelectric functional materials

Y Sun, Y Liu, R Li, Y Li, S Bai - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, thermoelectric functional materials have been widely concerned in
temperature difference power generation, electric refrigeration and integrated circui, and so …

Rational structural design and manipulation advance SnSe thermoelectrics

XL Shi, WY Chen, X Tao, J Zou, ZG Chen - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectrics can directly harvest electricity from waste heat through the Seebeck effect;
therefore, their use has been regarded as an eco-friendly and sustainable solution to …