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 …

Defect engineering in thermoelectric materials: what have we learned?

Y Zheng, TJ Slade, L Hu, XY Tan, Y Luo… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric energy conversion is an all solid-state technology that relies on exceptional
semiconductor materials that are generally optimized through sophisticated strategies …

Thermoelectric converter: Strategies from materials to device application

Z Wu, S Zhang, Z Liu, E Mu, Z Hu - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectricity, green technology which can convert huge free thermal energy to
electricity without time and geography limitations, is vital for bright future energy to alleviate …

Energy‐saving pathways for thermoelectric nanomaterial synthesis: hydrothermal/solvothermal, microwave‐assisted, solution‐based, and powder processing

N Nandihalli, DH Gregory, T Mori - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The pillars of Green Chemistry necessitate the development of new chemical
methodologies and processes that can benefit chemical synthesis in terms of energy …

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 …

Challenges and opportunities in low-dimensional thermoelectric nanomaterials

J Dong, A Suwardi, XY Tan, N Jia, K Saglik, R Ji… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can convert heat into electrical energy, which can potentially be
used to improve the fuel efficiency of conventional heat engines. In recent decades …

Flexible thermoelectric generator using bulk legs and liquid metal interconnects for wearable electronics

F Suarez, DP Parekh, C Ladd, D Vashaee, MD Dickey… - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Interest in wearable electronics for continuous, long-term health and performance
monitoring is rapidly increasing. The reduction in power levels consumed by sensors and …

Progress of photodetectors based on the photothermoelectric effect

X Lu, L Sun, P Jiang, X Bao - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
High‐performance uncooled photodetectors operating in the long‐wavelength infrared and
terahertz regimes are highly demanded in the military and civilian fields …

Highly efficient thermoelectric cooling performance of ultrafine-grained and nanoporous materials

L Xie, J Yang, Z Liu, N Qu, X Dong, J Zhu, W Shi, H Wu… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanograins and pores, as two common microstructural defects, are capable to impede
phonon transport. However, thus far, the stability of nanograins at elevated temperature and …

Inorganic thermoelectric materials: A review

MN Hasan, H Wahid, N Nayan… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric generator, which converts heat into electrical energy, has great potential to
power portable devices. Nevertheless, the efficiency of a thermoelectric generator suffers …