Recent developments in thermoelectric generation: A review

D Sanin-Villa - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The world's growing energy demand poses several concerns regarding the rational and
efficient use of energy resources. This is also the case for many industrial processes, where …

Silver Copper Chalcogenide Thermoelectrics: Advance, Controversy, and Perspective

NH Li, Q Zhang, XL Shi, J Jiang… - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric technology, which enables a direct and pollution‐free conversion of heat into
electricity, provides a promising path to address the current global energy crisis. Among the …

Optimized Thermoelectric Properties of Bi0.48Sb1.52Te3 through AgCuTe Doping for Low-Grade Heat Harvesting

G Wu, Z Yan, X Wang, X Tan, K Song… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Zone-melted Bi2Te3-based alloys are the only commercially available thermoelectric (TE)
materials, but they suffer from mediocre figure of merit (ZT) values and brittleness. In this …

Maximizing phonon scattering efficiency by Cu 2 Se alloying in AgCuTe thermoelectric materials

L Li, W Zhai, C Wang, Y Chen, S Li, P Fan… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoengineering has always been an effective way to optimize thermoelectric materials.
Multi-layered nanostructures can maximize the phonon scattering efficiency and greatly …

Superior multiphase interfaces in AgCuTe-based composite with significantly enhanced thermoelectric properties.

W Li, Z Yu, C Liu, Y Peng, B Feng… - Journal of …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
It is common sense that a phase interface (or grain boundary) could be used to scatter
phonons in thermoelectric (TE) materials, resulting in low thermal conductivity (κ). However …

[HTML][HTML] Advances and challenges in inorganic bulk-based flexible thermoelectric devices

QY Liu, XL Shi, TY Cao, WY Chen, L Li… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of flexible thermoelectric devices (F-TEDs) has significantly improved their
thermoelectric performance and unique flexibility, with increasing efforts directed toward …

Strengthened phonon scattering and band convergence synergistically realize the high-performance SnTe thermoelectric

G Wu, Z Guo, X Tan, R Wang, Q Zhang, H Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
SnTe has been considered as a nontoxic alternative to the PbTe thermoelectric (TE), but its
ZT value is severely limited by the high thermal conductivity and low Seebeck coefficient …

Synergistic Optimization of the Electronic and Phonon Transports of N-Type Argyrodite Ag8Sn1–xGaxSe6 (x = 0–0.6) through Entropy Engineering

C Yang, Y Luo, Y Xia, L Xu, Z Du, Z Han… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The argyrodite compound, Ag8SnSe6 (ATS), which is one of the promising thermoelectric
(TE) candidates, is receiving growing attention in thermoelectrics recently. However, its TE …

[HTML][HTML] The multi-dimensional approach to synergistically improve the performance of inorganic thermoelectric materials: A critical review

YS Wudil, MA Gondal, MA Almessiere… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review discusses the recent progress and persistent challenges toward achieving high
thermoelectric (TE) figure of merit with inorganic TE materials. For decades, the …

Suppressed phase transition and enhanced thermoelectric performance in iodine-doped AgCuTe

Y Niu, S Li, J Mao, C Yang, Q Zhang, Q Zhang, J Jiang… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
AgCuTe has been recognized as a promising thermoelectric material due to its reported
ultralow lattice thermal conductivity, but its phase transition and unsatisfactory thermoelectric …