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 …

Power generation and thermoelectric cooling enabled by momentum and energy multiband alignments

B Qin, D Wang, X Liu, Y Qin, JF Dong, J Luo, JW Li… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Thermoelectric materials transfer heat and electrical energy, hence they are useful for power
generation or cooling applications. Many of these materials have narrow bandgaps …

Maximizing the performance of n-type Mg3Bi2 based materials for room-temperature power generation and thermoelectric cooling

Z Liu, W Gao, H Oshima, K Nagase, CH Lee… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Although the thermoelectric effect was discovered around 200 years ago, the main
application in practice is thermoelectric cooling using the traditional Bi2Te3. The related …

High-entropy-stabilized chalcogenides with high thermoelectric performance

B Jiang, Y Yu, J Cui, X Liu, L Xie, J Liao, Q Zhang… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Thermoelectric technology generates electricity from waste heat, but one bottleneck for
wider use is the performance of thermoelectric materials. Manipulating the configurational …

Demonstration of ultrahigh thermoelectric efficiency of∼ 7.3% in Mg3Sb2/MgAgSb module for low-temperature energy harvesting

Z Liu, N Sato, W Gao, K Yubuta, N Kawamoto… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Thermoelectric harvesting of low-temperature waste heat offers great opportunities for
sustainable energy production. However, the investigations of related thermoelectric …

Low-temperature sintering of Ag nanoparticles for high-performance thermoelectric module design

L Yin, F Yang, X Bao, W Xue, Z Du, X Wang, J Cheng… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
To facilitate the development of thermoelectric modules for various operating temperature
ranges, a connection technology that is suitable for heat-sensitive thermoelectric materials …

Advances in the applications of thermoelectric generators

J He, K Li, L Jia, Y Zhu, H Zhang, J Linghu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid energy crises and environmental concerns, thermoelectric generators have gained
interest as eco-friendly power sources by directly converting heat to electricity. Given the …

High thermoelectric efficiency realized in SnSe crystals via structural modulation

B Qin, D Wang, T Hong, Y Wang, D Liu, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Crystalline thermoelectrics have been developed to be potential candidates for power
generation and electronic cooling, among which SnSe crystals are becoming the most …