Recent progress in multiphase thermoelectric materials

R Fortulan, S Aminorroaya Yamini - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thermoelectric materials, which directly convert thermal energy to electricity and vice versa,
are considered a viable source of renewable energy. However, the enhancement of …

Thermoelectric materials: A brief historical survey from metal junctions and inorganic semiconductors to organic polymers

PJ Taroni, I Hoces, N Stingelin… - Israel Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The use of thermoelectric technology is attractive in many potential applications, such as
energy scavenging from waste heat. The basic principles for harvesting electricity from a …

Thermoelectricity in correlated narrow-gap semiconductors

JM Tomczak - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We review many-body effects, their microscopic origin, as well as their impact on
thermoelectricity in correlated narrow-gap semiconductors. Members of this class—such as …

Fast phase formation of double-filled p-type skutterudites by ball-milling and hot-pressing

Q Jie, H Wang, W Liu, H Wang, G Chen… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Filled-skutterudites are promising mid-temperature thermoelectric materials for heat-to-
electricity conversion. Traditional preparation methods need a very long time annealing (7 to …

New promising bulk thermoelectrics: intermetallics, pnictides and chalcogenides

AP Gonçalves, C Godart - The European Physical Journal B, 2014 - Springer
The need of alternative “green” energy sources has recently renewed the interest in
thermoelectric (TE) materials, which can directly convert heat to electricity or, conversely …

Thermoelectric Characteristics of A Single-Crystalline Topological Insulator Bi2Se3 Nanowire

Dedi, PC Lee, PC Wei, YY Chen - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The discovery of topological insulators (TIs) has motivated detailed studies on their physical
properties, especially on their novel surface states via strong spin–orbit interactions …

High efficiency Mg 2 (Si, Sn)-based thermoelectric materials: scale-up synthesis, functional homogeneity, and thermal stability

N Farahi, C Stiewe, DYN Truong, J de Boor, E Müller - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Considering the need for large quantities of high efficiency thermoelectric materials for
industrial applications, a scalable synthesis method for high performance magnesium …

A review on the fabrication of polymer‐based thermoelectric materials and fabrication methods

MA Kamarudin, SR Sahamir, RS Datta… - The Scientific World …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectricity, by converting heat energy directly into useable electricity, offers a
promising technology to convert heat from solar energy and to recover waste heat from …

Phase transformation and thermoelectric properties of bismuth-telluride nanowires

CL Hsin, M Wingert, CW Huang, H Guo, TJ Shih, J Suh… - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials have attracted much attention due to the current interest in energy
conversion and recent advancements in nano-engineering. A simple approach to synthesize …

Thermoelectric property enhancement by Cu nanoparticles in nanostructured FeSb2

M Koirala, H Zhao, M Pokharel, S Chen… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We present the thermoelectric figure-of-merit (ZT) improvement in nanostructured FeSb 2 by
Cu nanoparticles of∼ 5 nm as a modulation dopant. Because of the similar work functions …