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 …

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 …

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 …

Review of wearable thermoelectric energy harvesting: From body temperature to electronic systems

A Nozariasbmarz, H Collins, K Dsouza, MH Polash… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Global demand for battery-free metrics and health monitoring devices has urged leading
research agencies and their subordinate centers to set human energy harvesting and self …

The thermoelectric properties of bismuth telluride

IT Witting, TC Chasapis, F Ricci… - Advanced Electronic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bismuth telluride is the working material for most Peltier cooling devices and thermoelectric
generators. This is because Bi2Te3 (or more precisely its alloys with Sb2Te3 for p‐type and …

High‐Performance Industrial‐Grade p‐Type (Bi,Sb)2Te3 Thermoelectric Enabled by a Stepwise Optimization Strategy

Q Zhang, M Yuan, K Pang, Y Zhang, R Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the sole dominator of the commercial thermoelectric (TE) market, Bi2Te3‐based alloys
play an irreplaceable role in Peltier cooling and low‐grade waste heat recovery. Herein, to …

Realizing record high performance in n-type Bi 2 Te 3-based thermoelectric materials

B Zhu, X Liu, Q Wang, Y Qiu, Z Shu, Z Guo… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The application of Bi2Te3-based power generation is seriously hindered by the poor n-type
samples, demonstrating a strong demand for high-performance n-type Bi2Te3-based …

Recent progress on PEDOT: PSS based polymer blends and composites for flexible electronics and thermoelectric devices

Y Yang, H Deng, Q Fu - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
With the development of flexible electronic devices such as organic electrodes, medical
sensors and light-emitting diodes, the conductive polymer, poly (3, 4 …

Compromise and synergy in high‐efficiency thermoelectric materials

T Zhu, Y Liu, C Fu, JP Heremans, JG Snyder… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The past two decades have witnessed the rapid growth of thermoelectric (TE) research.
Novel concepts and paradigms are described here that have emerged, targeting superior TE …