Recent advances in oxide thermoelectric materials and modules

Y Yin, B Tudu, A Tiwari - Vacuum, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to the growing concern on depletion of non-renewable resources, waste heat
harvesting has become one of the effective approaches for solving the energy shortage …

Thermoelectric properties of indium and gallium dually doped ZnO thin films

NH Tran Nguyen, TH Nguyen, Y Liu… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We investigated the effect of single and multidopants on the thermoelectrical properties of
host ZnO films. Incorporation of the single dopant Ga in the ZnO films improved the …

Porosity-tuned thermal conductivity in thermoelectric Al-doped ZnO thin films grown by mist-chemical vapor deposition

S Saini, P Mele, T Oyake, J Shiomi, JP Niemelä… - Thin Solid Films, 2019 - Elsevier
The potential of thermoelectric thin films lies in wide range of applications from micro-energy
harvesting to the sensors. For this, it is essential to have high power factor and ultra-low …

Ultralow Thermal Conductivity and Improved Thermoelectric Properties of Al‐Doped ZnO by In Situ O2 Plasma Treatment

V Sethi, K Sun, D Newbrook, D Runacres… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The thriving of Internet‐of‐Things and integrated wireless sensor networks has brought an
unprecedented demand for sustainable micro‐Watt‐scale power supplies. Development of …

Enhancing the thermoelectric performance of ZnO epitaxial films by Ga doping and thermal tuning

ZF Zhou, GK Ren, X Tan, R Liu, C Liu, YH Lin… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
With good chemical and thermal stabilities, ZnO is a promising thermoelectric material that
can be operated over a wide temperature range, particularly for high temperatures. For two …

Measurement of thin film thermal conductivity using the laser flash method

M Ruoho, K Valset, T Finstad, I Tittonen - Nanotechnology, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a method to measure the in-plane thermal conductivity of thin films by the laser
flash technique. The method uses a well-defined structure for the analysis. We have realized …

Breaking the tradeoff among thermoelectric parameters by multi composite of porosity and CNT in AZO films

S Liu, M Lan, G Li, Y Piao, H Ahmoum, Q Wang - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Multi-nanocomposite is an effective method to achieve high thermoelectric (TE) performance
by breaking the tradeoff among three TE parameters. This paper presents a comparative …

Morphology dependent thermal conductivity of ZnO nanostructures prepared via a green approach

P Veluswamy, S Sathiyamoorthy, KH Chowdary… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, a green synthesis route for the preparation of ZnO nanostructures with different
morphologies was demonstrated. The morphological, structural, elemental composition and …

Effect of annealing temperature on thermoelectric properties of Ga and In dually doped-ZnO thin films

ATT Pham, HKT Ta, Y Liu, M Aminzare… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, thermoelectric performance of the ZnO thin films were investigated via doping
(Gallium-Ga and Indium-In) and post-thermal treatment. Various kinds of defects, such as …

Growth and characterization of zinc oxide thin films on flexible substrates at low temperature using pulsed laser deposition

K Tian, B Tudu, A Tiwari - Vacuum, 2017 - Elsevier
The emerging technological demand of light weight, transparent and flexible electronic
devices has raised the exploration of new semiconductor materials beyond silicon. ZnO has …