Current State‐of‐the‐Art in the Interface/Surface Modification of Thermoelectric Materials

S He, S Lehmann, A Bahrami… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric (TE) materials are prominent candidates for energy converting applications
due to their excellent performance and reliability. Extensive efforts for improving their …

Thermoelectric effect and devices on IVA and VA Xenes

B Zhu, Q Chen, S Jiang, M Holt, W Zhu, D Akinwande… - InfoMat, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging Xenes, mostly group IVA and VA elemental two‐dimensional (2D) materials, have
small and tunable band gaps between graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides …

Effect of powder ALD interface modification on the thermoelectric performance of bismuth

S He, A Bahrami, X Zhang, IG Martínez… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In thermoelectric materials, phase boundaries are crucial for carrier/phonon transport.
Manipulation of carrier and phonon scatterings by introducing continuous interface …

Thermal Stability and Mechanical Response of Bi2Te3-Based Materials for Thermoelectric Applications

Y Zheng, XY Tan, X Wan, X Cheng… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bi2Te3-based materials are among the most mature thermoelectric materials and have
found wide near-room-temperature applications in power generation and spot cooling. Their …

Surface modification of bismuth by ALD of antimony oxide for suppressing lattice thermal conductivity

S He, J Yang, A Bahrami, X Zhang, R He… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Surface modification may significantly improve the performance of thermoelectric materials
by suppressing thermal conductivity. Using the powder atomic layer deposition method, the …

Quantum transport and potential of topological states for thermoelectricity in Bi2Te3 thin films

P Ngabonziza - Nanotechnology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews recent developments in quantum transport and it presents current efforts
to explore the contribution of topological insulator boundary states to thermoelectricity in Bi 2 …

Bi2Te3 Nanoplates' Selective Growth Morphology on Different Interfaces for Enhancing Thermoelectric Properties

Z Wu, E Mu, Z Wang, X Chen, Z Wu, Y Liu… - Crystal Growth & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bi2Te3, a typical thermoelectric (TE) material as well as topological insulator, exhibits
anisotropy characteristics due to its layered structure.(00 l)-oriented Bi2Te3 reported with …

Enabling Oxidation Protection and Carrier-Type Switching for Bismuth Telluride Nanoribbons via in Situ Organic Molecule Coating

JB Park, W Wu, JY Wu, R Karkee, TM Kucinski… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric materials with high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity (eg,
Bi2Te3) can efficiently convert waste heat into electricity; however, in spite of favorable …

Water-Free SbOx ALD Process for Coating Bi2Te3 Particles

S Lehmann, F Mitzscherling, S He, J Yang, M Hantusch… - Coatings, 2023 - mdpi.com
We developed a water-free atomic layer deposition (ALD) process to homogeneously
deposit SbOx using SbCl5 and Sb-Ethoxide as precursors, and report it here for the first …

Synthesis, Evolution of Morphology, Transport Properties for Bi2Te3 Nanoplates

YJ Zhao, F Zhou - Crystals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bi2Te3 has an extensive application as thermoelectric materials. Here, large scale Bi2Te3
single-crystal hexagonal nanoplates (NPs) with size of 0.4–0.8 μm were synthesized …