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 …

Advances in Ag 2 Se-based thermoelectrics from materials to applications

H Wu, X Shi, J Duan, Q Liu, ZG Chen - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials and their devices can realize the solid-state energy conversion
between thermal and electrical energy, therefore serving as a promising alternative to …

Carrier grain boundary scattering in thermoelectric materials

C Hu, K Xia, C Fu, X Zhao, T Zhu - Energy & Environmental Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Bulk nanostructuring has been one of the leading strategies employed in the past decade for
the optimization of thermoelectric properties by introducing strong grain boundary scattering …

Enhanced atomic ordering leads to high thermoelectric performance in AgSbTe2

S Roychowdhury, T Ghosh, R Arora, M Samanta, L Xie… - Science, 2021 - science.org
High thermoelectric performance is generally achieved through either electronic structure
modulations or phonon scattering enhancements, which often counteract each other. A leap …

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 …

High thermoelectric cooling performance of n-type Mg3Bi2-based materials

J Mao, H Zhu, Z Ding, Z Liu, GA Gamage, G Chen… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Thermoelectric materials have a large Peltier effect, making them attractive for solid-state
cooling applications. Bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3)–based alloys have remained the state-of …

Flexible thermoelectric materials and generators: challenges and innovations

Y Wang, L Yang, XL Shi, X Shi, L Chen… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The urgent need for ecofriendly, stable, long‐lifetime power sources is driving the booming
market for miniaturized and integrated electronics, including wearable and medical …

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 …

Advances in thermoelectric materials research: Looking back and moving forward

J He, TM Tritt - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Heat and electricity are two forms of energy that are at opposite ends of a
spectrum. Heat is ubiquitous, but with low quality, whereas electricity is versatile, but its …