Recent advances in designing thermoelectric materials

M Mukherjee, A Srivastava, AK Singh - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The rising demand for energy has accelerated the search for clean and renewable sources
and newer approaches towards efficient energy management. One of the most promising …

GaSb doping facilitates conduction band convergence and improves thermoelectric performance in n-type PbS

Z Chen, HH Cui, S Hao, Y Liu, H Liu, J Zhou… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
P-type lead chalcogenides have superior thermoelectric performance because they exhibit
the energy convergence of several valence bands. However, despite the existence of two …

Thermoelectric Performance of the 2D Bi2Si2Te6 Semiconductor

Y Luo, Z Ma, S Hao, S Cai, ZZ Luo… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bi2Si2Te6, a 2D compound, is a direct band gap semiconductor with an optical band gap
of∼ 0.25 eV, and is a promising thermoelectric material. Single-phase Bi2Si2Te6 is …

Potential of recycled silicon and silicon-based thermoelectrics for power generation

SSF Duran, D Zhang, WYS Lim, J Cao, H Liu, Q Zhu… - Crystals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thermoelectrics can convert waste heat to electricity and vice versa. The energy conversion
efficiency depends on materials figure of merit, zT, and Carnot efficiency. Due to the higher …

Achieving enhanced thermoelectric performance in multiphase materials

N Jia, XY Tan, J Xu, Q Yan… - Accounts of Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Thermoelectric (TE) devices enable direct solid-state energy conversion from
heat to electricity and vice versa, thereby showing great potential in warranting the supply of …

Integrating band engineering with point defect scattering for high thermoelectric performance in Bi2Si2Te6

C Chen, D Shen, C Xia, Z Zhang, W Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
A layer-structure compound Bi 2 Si 2 Te 6 is introduced as a promising thermoelectric
material. The intrinsic low lattice thermal conductivity of Bi 2 Si 2 Te 6 is because of the low …

Toward Ultrahigh Thermoelectric Performance of Cu2SnS3‐Based Materials by Analog Alloying

W Li, Y Luo, T Xu, Z Ma, C Li, Y Wei, Y Tao, Y Qian, X Li… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cu2SnS3 is a promising thermoelectric candidate for power generation at medium
temperature due to its low‐cost and environmental‐benign features. However, the high …

Improved zT in Nb 5 Ge 3–GeTe thermoelectric nanocomposite

J Cao, XY Tan, N Jia, D Lan, SFD Solco, K Chen… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Robust electronic transport properties is a crucial in designing high performance
thermoelectrics. A key similarity between superconductor and thermoelectric lies in their …

Study of optoelectronic, thermoelectric, mechanical properties of double perovskites Cs2AgAsX6 (X = cl, br, I) for solar cells and energy harvesting

GM Mustafa, S Saba, Q Mahmood, NA Kattan… - Optical and Quantum …, 2023 - Springer
The double perovskites (DPs) are potential materials to harvest energy from sun and waste
heat. Here we theoretically calculated the electronic and optical, and transport …

[HTML][HTML] First-principles calculations to investigate HgY2S/Se4 spinel chalcogenides for optoelectronic and thermoelectric applications

GM Mustafa, S Saba, NA Noor, A Laref… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spinel chalcogenides have great potential for optoelectronic and thermoelectric applications
and therefore received huge attention in recent years. In this regard, here we investigate the …