Advances in thermoelectrics

J Mao, Z Liu, J Zhou, H Zhu, Q Zhang, G Chen… - Advances in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Thermoelectric generators, capable of directly converting heat into electricity, hold great
promise for tackling the ever-increasing energy sustainability issue. The thermoelectric …

[HTML][HTML] On the tuning of electrical and thermal transport in thermoelectrics: an integrated theory–experiment perspective

J Yang, L Xi, W Qiu, L Wu, X Shi, L Chen… - NPJ Computational …, 2016 - nature.com
During the last two decades, we have witnessed great progress in research on
thermoelectrics. There are two primary focuses. One is the fundamental understanding of …

Designing nanostructures for phonon transport via Bayesian optimization

S Ju, T Shiga, L Feng, Z Hou, K Tsuda, J Shiomi - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
We demonstrate optimization of thermal conductance across nanostructures by developing
a method combining atomistic Green's function and Bayesian optimization. With an aim to …

Ultranarrow-band wavelength-selective thermal emission with aperiodic multilayered metamaterials designed by Bayesian optimization

A Sakurai, K Yada, T Simomura, S Ju… - ACS central …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We computationally designed an ultranarrow-band wavelength-selective thermal radiator
via a materials informatics method alternating between Bayesian optimization and thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Bottom-up engineering strategies for high-performance thermoelectric materials

Q Zhu, S Wang, X Wang, A Suwardi, MH Chua… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021 - Springer
The recent advancements in thermoelectric materials are largely credited to two factors,
namely established physical theories and advanced materials engineering methods. The …

Multifunctional structural design of graphene thermoelectrics by Bayesian optimization

M Yamawaki, M Ohnishi, S Ju, J Shiomi - Science advances, 2018 - science.org
Materials development often confronts a dilemma as it needs to satisfy multifunctional, often
conflicting, demands. For example, thermoelectric conversion requires high electrical …

Nano-microstructural control of phonon engineering for thermoelectric energy harvesting

Z Liu, J Mao, TH Liu, G Chen, Z Ren - Mrs Bulletin, 2018 - cambridge.org
Manipulating the thermal conductivity of solids is important for practical applications. Due to
the fact that phonons in thermoelectric materials have longer mean free paths (MFPs) than …

Machine learning maximized Anderson localization of phonons in aperiodic superlattices

PR Chowdhury, C Reynolds, A Garrett, T Feng… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanostructuring materials to achieve ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity has proven to be
extremely attractive for numerous applications such as thermoelectric energy conversion …

Multiscale modeling of thermal conductivity of high burnup structures in UO2 fuels

XM Bai, MR Tonks, Y Zhang, JD Hales - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
The high burnup structure forming at the rim region in UO 2 based nuclear fuel pellets has
interesting physical properties such as improved thermal conductivity, even though it …

[HTML][HTML] Beating the amorphous limit in thermal conductivity by superlattices design

H Mizuno, S Mossa, JL Barrat - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The value measured in the amorphous structure with the same chemical composition is
often considered as a lower bound for the thermal conductivity of any material: the heat …