Thermoelectrics: From history, a window to the future

D Beretta, N Neophytou, JM Hodges… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectricity offers a sustainable path to recover and convert waste heat into readily
available electric energy, and has been studied for more than two centuries. From the …

Environmentally friendly thermoelectric materials: High performance from inorganic components with low toxicity and abundance in the earth

O Caballero‐Calero, JR Ares… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review article gives an overview of the recent research directions in eco‐friendly, non‐
toxic, and earth‐abundant thermoelectric materials. It covers materials such as sulfides …

Realising the potential of thermoelectric technology: A Roadmap

R Freer, AV Powell - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
All machines from jet engines to microprocessors generate heat, as do manufacturing
processes ranging from steel to food production. Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are solid …

Key properties of inorganic thermoelectric materials—tables (version 1)

R Freer, D Ekren, T Ghosh, K Biswas… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents tables of key thermoelectric properties, which define thermoelectric
conversion efficiency, for a wide range of inorganic materials. The twelve families of …

Recent developments in Earth-abundant copper-sulfide thermoelectric materials

AV Powell - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The ability of thermoelectric devices to convert waste heat into useful electrical power has
stimulated a remarkable growth in research into thermoelectric materials. There is, however …

High Power Factor vs. High zT—A Review of Thermoelectric Materials for High-Temperature Application

M Wolf, R Hinterding, A Feldhoff - Entropy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Energy harvesting with thermoelectric materials has been investigated with increasing
attention over recent decades. However, the vast number of various material classes makes …

Thermoelectric materials: Current status and future challenges

PA Finn, C Asker, K Wan, E Bilotti, O Fenwick… - Frontiers in electronic …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Net zero refers to the balance of the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced and the
amount removed from the atmosphere, and many companies and states have committed …

Toward accelerated thermoelectric materials and process discovery

J Recatala-Gomez, A Suwardi… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric materials have the ability to convert heat energy to electrical power and vice
versa. While the thermodynamic upper limit is defined by the Carnot efficiency, the material …

Eco‐friendly higher manganese silicide thermoelectric materials: progress and future challenges

WD Liu, ZG Chen, J Zou - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As a promising thermoelectric material, higher manganese silicides are composed of earth‐
abundant and eco‐friendly elements, and have attracted extensive attention for future …

Waste recycling in thermoelectric materials

A Bahrami, G Schierning… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric (TE) technology enables the efficient conversion of waste heat generated in
homes, transport, and industry into promptly accessible electrical energy. Such technology is …