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 …

Keynote review of latest advances in thermoelectric generation materials, devices, and technologies 2022

T Hendricks, T Caillat, T Mori - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The last decade created tremendous advances in new and unique thermoelectric
generation materials, devices, fabrication techniques, and technologies via various global …

A review on bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) nanostructure for thermoelectric applications

H Mamur, MRA Bhuiyan, F Korkmaz, M Nil - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Bismuth Telluride (Bi 2 Te 3) is basically known as an efficient thermoelectric
material. Nowadays, it has been attracted a great deal of interest in energy harvesting, chip …

High thermoelectric performance in Bi 0.46 Sb 1.54 Te 3 nanostructured with ZnTe

R Deng, X Su, S Hao, Z Zheng, M Zhang… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Defect engineering and nano-structuring are the core stratagems for improving
thermoelectric properties. In bismuth telluride alloys nanosizing individual crystallites has …

Enhanced thermoelectric properties of nanostructured n-type Bi2Te3 by suppressing Te vacancy through non-equilibrium fast reaction

Y Wang, WD Liu, XL Shi, M Hong, LJ Wang, M Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
As one promising low-temperature thermoelectric material, Bi 2 Te 3 suffers from high carrier
concentrations beyond the optimal value contributed by excess Te vacancies. In this study …

Defect chemistry for thermoelectric materials

Z Li, C Xiao, H Zhu, Y Xie - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Defect engineering, at the core of the field of thermoelectric studies, serves as a scaffold for
engineering the intrinsic electrons' and phonons' behaviors to tailor thermoelectric …

Thermodynamic routes to ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric performance

PC Wei, CN Liao, HJ Wu, D Yang, J He… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric (TE) research is not only a course of materials by discovery but also a
seedbed of novel concepts and methodologies. Herein, the focus is on recent advances in …

Enhancing the room temperature thermoelectric performance of n-type Bismuth-telluride-based polycrystalline materials by low-angle grain boundaries

Q Zhang, Y Lin, N Lin, Y Yu, F Liu, C Fu, B Ge… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bi 2 Te 3-based thermoelectric materials are widely used in solid-state refrigeration near
room temperature. However, the room temperature figure of merit (zT) of n-type Bi 2 Te 3 …

Strong Anharmonicity‐Induced Low Thermal Conductivity and High n‐type Mobility in the Topological Insulator Bi1.1Sb0.9Te2S

R Pathak, P Dutta, A Srivastava… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity (κlat) while maintaining the high carrier mobility
(μ) is of the utmost importance for thermoelectrics. Topological insulators (TI) can possess …

Synergistic Compositional–Mechanical–Thermal Effects Leading to a Record High zT in n‐Type V2VI3 Alloys Through Progressive Hot Deformation

L Hu, Y Zhang, H Wu, Y Liu, J Li, J He… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Here a progressive hot deformation procedure that endows the benchmark n‐type V2VI3
thermoelectric materials with short range disorder (multiple defects), long range order …