Skutterudites as thermoelectric materials: revisited

M Rull-Bravo, A Moure, JF Fernández… - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The research on skutterudites in the last few years has contributed to a better understanding
of the physical processes which play an important role in enhancing their thermoelectric …

Recent advances in thermoelectric nanocomposites

W Liu, X Yan, G Chen, Z Ren - Nano Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric power generation represents a class of energy conversion technology, which
has been used in power supply of aeronautic and astronautic exploring missions, now …

Mechanical properties of half-Heusler alloys

G Rogl, A Grytsiv, M Gürth, A Tavassoli, C Ebner… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
As half-Heusler compounds are promising candidates for environmentally friendly and low-
cost thermoelectric materials, not only a high figure of merit and efficiency are necessary but …

N-type skutterudites (R, Ba, Yb) yCo4Sb12 (R= Sr, la, mm, DD, SrMm, SrDD) approaching ZT≈ 2.0

G Rogl, A Grytsiv, P Rogl, N Peranio, E Bauer… - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
The influence of various fillers R (R= Sr, La, Mm, DD, SrMm, SrDD with Mm standing for
mischmetal and DD for didymium) on the physical properties of the triple-and multifilled n …

Rational design of advanced thermoelectric materials

J Yang, HL Yip, AKY Jen - Advanced Energy Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced thermoelectric technologies can drastically improve energy efficiencies of
industrial infrastructures, solar cells, automobiles, aircrafts, etc. When a thermoelectric …

Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and solar thermoelectric generators–a critical review

P Sundarraj, D Maity, SS Roy, RA Taylor - RSC Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the fact that much of the world's best solar resources are inversely correlated with
population centers, significant motivation exists for developing technology which can deliver …

Extraordinary thermoelectric performance, thermal stability and mechanical properties of n-type Mg3Sb1. 5Bi0. 5 through multi-dopants at interstitial site

F Jiang, T Feng, Y Zhu, Z Han, R Shu, C Chen… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mg 3 Sb 2-based thermoelectric materials have attracted much interest since the discovery
of their excellent n-type thermoelectric performance with excess Mg content and proper …

Thermoelectrics from abundant chemical elements: high-performance nanostructured PbSe–PbS

J Androulakis, I Todorov, J He, DY Chung… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report promising thermoelectric properties of the rock salt PbSe–PbS system which
consists of chemical elements with high natural abundance. Doping with PbCl2, excess Pb …

Concepts for medium-high to high temperature thermoelectric heat-to-electricity conversion: a review of selected materials and basic considerations of module design

G Schierning, R Chavez, R Schmechel… - Translational …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Within the last decade, novel materials concepts and nanotechnology have resulted in a
great increase of the conversion efficiency of thermoelectric materials. Despite this, a mass …

New bulk p-type skutterudites DD0. 7Fe2. 7Co1. 3Sb12− xXx (X= Ge, Sn) reaching ZT> 1.3

G Rogl, A Grytsiv, P Heinrich, E Bauer, P Kumar… - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
The best p-type skutterudites so far are didymium filled, Fe/Co substituted, Sb-based
skutterudites. Substitution at the Sb-sites influences the electronic structure, deforms the Sb …