Unconventional thermoelectric materials for energy harvesting and sensing applications

M Massetti, F Jiao, AJ Ferguson, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heat is an abundant but often wasted source of energy. Thus, harvesting just a portion of this
tremendous amount of energy holds significant promise for a more sustainable society …

Current State‐of‐the‐Art in the Interface/Surface Modification of Thermoelectric Materials

S He, S Lehmann, A Bahrami… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric (TE) materials are prominent candidates for energy converting applications
due to their excellent performance and reliability. Extensive efforts for improving their …

Improvement of the Seebeck coefficient of PEDOT: PSS by chemical reduction combined with a novel method for its transfer using free-standing thin films

N Massonnet, A Carella, O Jaudouin… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple method for improving the Seebeck coefficient of PEDOT: PSS up to 161 μV K− 1 is
presented and combined with a new process for transferring thick (> 10 μm) films of PEDOT …

Current and future directions in electron transfer chemistry of graphene

A Kaplan, Z Yuan, JD Benck, AG Rajan… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The participation of graphene in electron transfer chemistry, where an electron is transferred
between graphene and other species, encompasses many important processes that have …

Enhancement in thermoelectric properties of Te-embedded Bi2Te3 by preferential phonon scattering in heterostructure interface

H Choi, K Jeong, J Chae, H Park, J Baeck, TH Kim… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of the nano-structural effects that cause reduction in
thermal conductivity represents important challenges for the development of thermoelectric …

Preparation and thermoelectric properties of SWCNT/PEDOT: PSS coated tellurium nanorod composite films

Q Meng, K Cai, Y Du, L Chen - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)/PEDOT: PSS coated Te nanorod (PC-
Te) composite films were prepared by a simple vacuum assisted filtration method, and H 2 …

Superior intrinsic thermoelectric performance with zT of 1.8 in single-crystal and melt-quenched highly dense Cu2-xSe bulks

L Zhao, X Wang, J Wang, Z Cheng, S Dou, J Wang… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Practical applications of the high temperature thermoelectric materials developed so far are
partially obstructed by the costly and complicated fabrication process. In this work, we put …

Towards higher thermoelectric performance of Bi2Te3 via defect engineering

Y Liu, M Zhou, J He - Scripta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
No thermoelectric material would have attained its best performance without defects. The
electrical resistivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity in their totality are …

High thermoelectric performance in Cu2Se/CDs hybrid materials

Q Hu, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, XJ Li, H Song - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
By embedding organic compound carbon nanodots (CDs) into the inorganic compound Cu
2 Se, a series of Cu 2 Se+ x wt% CDs (x= 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8) nanopowders are …

Decoupling phonon and carrier scattering at carbon nanotube/Bi2Te3 interfaces for improved thermoelectric performance

Y Zhao, Y Li, J Qiao, S Jiang, P Mao, J Qiu, S Kang… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Inorganic semiconductor-carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrid is a new type of promising flexible
thermoelectric (TE) material for efficient thermal energy recovery and positive cooling …