Recent advances in thermoelectric materials

C Gayner, KK Kar - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials are crucial in renewable energy conversion technologies to solve
the global energy crisis. They have been proven to be suitable for high-end technological …

Recent development of thermoelectric polymers and composites

H Yao, Z Fan, H Cheng, X Guan… - Macromolecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric materials can be used as the active materials in thermoelectric generators
and as Peltier coolers for direct energy conversion between heat and electricity. Apart from …

Enhancement of the thermoelectric properties in nanoscale and nanostructured materials

JR Szczech, JM Higgins, S Jin - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials can be used for solid state power generation and heating/cooling
applications. The figure of merit of thermoelectric materials, ZT, which determines their …

High-performance nanostructured thermoelectric materials

JF Li, WS Liu, LD Zhao, M Zhou - NPG Asia Materials, 2010 - nature.com
Thermoelectric effects enable direct conversion between thermal and electrical energy and
provide an alternative route for power generation and refrigeration. Over the past ten years …

New trends, strategies and opportunities in thermoelectric materials: A perspective

W Liu, J Hu, S Zhang, M Deng, CG Han, Y Liu - Materials Today Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric energy conversion system has great appeal in term of its silence, simplicity
and reliability as compared with traditional power generator and refrigerator. The past two …

Thermoelectric nanomaterials

K Koumoto, T Mori - Materials Design and Applications, Springer Series in …, 2013 - Springer
Research in thermoelectrics is attracting increasing attention recently because the limits of
conventional energy sources are rapidly approaching and it is necessary to find new ways to …

Polymer‐Based Low‐Temperature Thermoelectric Composites

K Yusupov, A Vomiero - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric materials allow direct conversion of waste heat energy into electrical energy,
thus contributing to solving energy related issues. Polymer‐based materials have been …

[HTML][HTML] Thermoelectric materials: Energy conversion between heat and electricity

X Zhang, LD Zhao - Journal of Materiomics, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials have drawn vast attentions for centuries, because thermoelectric
effects enable direct conversion between thermal and electrical energy, thus providing an …

[HTML][HTML] Nanostructured thermoelectric materials: Current research and future challenge

ZG Chen, G Han, L Yang, L Cheng, J Zou - Progress in Natural Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
The field of thermoelectrics has long been recognized as a potentially transformative power
generation technology and the field is now growing steadily due to their ability to convert …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in organic thermoelectric materials: Principle mechanisms and emerging carbon-based green energy materials

Y Zhang, YJ Heo, M Park, SJ Park - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Thermoelectric devices have recently attracted considerable interest owing to their unique
ability of converting heat to electrical energy in an environmentally efficient manner. These …