High-performance thermoelectrics and challenges for practical devices

Q Yan, MG Kanatzidis - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Thermoelectric materials can be potentially employed in solid-state devices that harvest
waste heat and convert it to electrical power, thereby improving the efficiency of fuel …

Advanced thermoelectric design: from materials and structures to devices

XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

High figure-of-merit and power generation in high-entropy GeTe-based thermoelectrics

B Jiang, W Wang, S Liu, Y Wang, C Wang, Y Chen… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The high-entropy concept provides extended, optimized space of a composition, resulting in
unusual transport phenomena and excellent thermoelectric performance. By tuning electron …

Screening strategy for developing thermoelectric interface materials

L Xie, L Yin, Y Yu, G Peng, S Song, P Ying, S Cai… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Thermoelectric interface materials (TEiMs) are essential to the development of
thermoelectric generators. Common TEiMs use pure metals or binary alloys but have …

Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices

M Hong, M Li, Y Wang, X Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Driven by the intensive efforts in the development of high‐performance GeTe
thermoelectrics for mass‐market application in power generation and refrigeration, GeTe …

Entropy engineering promotes thermoelectric performance in p-type chalcogenides

B Jiang, Y Yu, H Chen, J Cui, X Liu, L Xie… - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
We demonstrate that the thermoelectric properties of p-type chalcogenides can be effectively
improved by band convergence and hierarchical structure based on a high-entropy …

A robust thermoelectric module based on MgAgSb/Mg 3 (Sb, Bi) 2 with a conversion efficiency of 8.5% and a maximum cooling of 72 K

P Ying, L Wilkens, H Reith, NP Rodriguez… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The applications of thermoelectric (TE) technology around room temperature are
monopolized by bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3). However, due to the toxicity and scarcity of …

An over 10% module efficiency obtained using non-Bi 2 Te 3 thermoelectric materials for recovering heat of< 600 K

Z Bu, X Zhang, Y Hu, Z Chen, S Lin, W Li… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric technology offers the unique advantages of being completely solid-state,
silent and emission-free for waste-heat recovery applications. Despite this, existing …

High efficiency GeTe-based materials and modules for thermoelectric power generation

T Xing, Q Song, P Qiu, Q Zhang, M Gu, X Xia… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
GeTe-Based materials have great potential to be used in thermoelectric generators for waste
heat recovery due to their excellent thermoelectric performance, but their module research is …

Thermal-inert and ohmic-contact interface for high performance half-Heusler based thermoelectric generator

R Liu, Y Xing, J Liao, X Xia, C Wang, C Zhu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Unsatisfied electrode bonding in half-Heusler devices renders thermal damage and large
efficiency loss, which limits their practical service at high temperatures. Here, we develop a …