Recent developments in semiconductor thermoelectric physics and materials

A Shakouri - Annual review of materials research, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Recent advances in semiconductor thermoelectric physics and materials are reviewed. A
key requirement to improve the energy conversion efficiency is to increase the Seebeck …

Conducting polymers: efficient thermoelectric materials

N Dubey, M Leclerc - Journal of Polymer Science Part B …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This review highlights the recent progress made in the area of thermoelectric (TE)
applications of conducting polymers and related composites. Several examples of such …

Light-weight flexible carbon nanotube based organic composites with large thermoelectric power factors

C Yu, K Choi, L Yin, JC Grunlan - ACS nano, 2011 - ACS Publications
Typical organic materials have low thermal conductivities that are best suited to
thermoelectrics, but their poor electrical properties with strong adverse correlations have …

Feasibility of photovoltaic–thermoelectric hybrid modules

W Van Sark - Applied Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Outdoor performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules suffers from elevated temperatures.
Conversion efficiency losses of up to about 25% can result, depending on the type of …

Dispenser-printed planar thick-film thermoelectric energy generators

A Chen, D Madan, PK Wright… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
This work presents advancements in dispenser-printed thick film thermoelectric materials for
the fabrication of planar and printable thermoelectric energy generators. The thermoelectric …

Facile general route toward tunable Magnéli nanostructures and their use as thermoelectric metal oxide/carbon nanocomposites

D Portehault, V Maneeratana, C Candolfi, N Oeschler… - ACS …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Engineering nanoscale interfaces is a requisite for harnessing electrical and thermal
transports within nanostructured materials, especially those destined for thermoelectric …

Patterning of conjugated polymers for organic optoelectronic devices

Y Xu, F Zhang, X Feng - Small, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Conjugated polymers have been attracting more and more attention because they possess
various novel electrical, magnetical, and optical properties, which render them useful in …

Widely variable Seebeck coefficient and enhanced thermoelectric power of PEDOT: PSS films by blending thermal decomposable ammonium formate

TC Tsai, HC Chang, CH Chen, WT Whang - Organic Electronics, 2011 - Elsevier
The doping effects of thermal decomposable ammonium formate (AF) from 5 to 50 wt.% on
the electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and microstructures of poly (3, 4 …

Nanostructure-based thermoelectric conversion: an insight into the feasibility and sustainability for large-scale deployment

GG Yadav, JA Susoreny, G Zhang, H Yang, Y Wu - Nanoscale, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Significant scientific progress has been achieved using nanostructured materials for
thermoelectric energy harvesting and solid-state cooling through the conversion of waste …

Toward high-performance nanostructured thermoelectric materials: the progress of bottom-up solution chemistry approaches

Y Zhao, JS Dyck, C Burda - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Significant research effort has recently gone into the synthesis of thermoelectric
nanomaterials through different chemical approaches since nanomaterials chemistry …