Eliciting High‐Performance Thermoelectric Materials via Phase Diagram Engineering: A Review

PY Deng, WT Yen, YF Tsai, IL Jen… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric (TE) materials and devices have been a promising green technology since
the 1960s. Enormous research efforts bring forth TE generator and TE refrigerator, in which …

Phase transformation contributions to heat capacity and impact on thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity, and thermoelectric performance

MT Agne, PW Voorhees, GJ Snyder - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The accurate characterization of thermal conductivity κ, particularly at high temperature, is of
paramount importance to many materials, thermoelectrics in particular. The ease and access …

New Trick for an Old Dog: From Prediction to Properties of “Hidden Clathrates” Ba2Zn5As6 and Ba2Zn5Sb6

P Yox, F Cerasoli, A Sarkar, V Kyveryga… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The zinc–antimony phase space has been heavily investigated due to the structural
complexity and abundance of high-performing thermoelectric materials. Consequentially …

Kirkendall effect induced ultralow thermal conductivity yields enhanced thermoelectric properties in Mg–Zn–Sb alloys

G Wang, Y Chen, A Lotnyk, X Shen, H Shi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermally induced phase change can modify the microstructure of thermoelectric alloys due
to the interdiffusion of atomic species, and also to alter the properties of these materials …

Fast ion transport for synthesis and stabilization of β-Zn4Sb3

D Yang, X Su, J He, Y Yan, J Li, H Bai, T Luo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mobile ion-enabled phenomena make β-Zn4Sb3 a promising material in terms of the re-
entry phase instability behavior, mixed electronic ionic conduction, and thermoelectric …

Operando X-ray scattering study of segmented thermoelectric Zn 4 Sb 3

PS Thorup, RS Christensen, M Roelsgaard… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The inexpensive and high-performing thermoelectric material β-Zn4Sb3 is a mixed ionic-
electronic conductor, which suffers from stability issues due to Zn migration in the structure …

Weak Bonding and Anharmonicity in Thermoelectric ZnSb

TBE Grønbech, H Kasai, J Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Zn─ Sb binary system contains two high‐performing thermoelectric materials,
namely the ordered ZnSb and the disordered Zn13Sb10. Both systems exhibit low thermal …

From NaZn4Sb3 to HT-Na1–xZn4–ySb3: Panoramic Hydride Synthesis, Structural Diversity, and Thermoelectric Properties

V Gvozdetskyi, B Owens-Baird, S Hong… - Chemistry of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Two new sodium zinc antimonides NaZn4Sb3 and HT-Na1–x Zn4–y Sb3 were synthesized
by using reactive sodium hydride, NaH, as a precursor. The hydride route provides uniform …

Improving the Operational Stability of Thermoelectric Zn4Sb3 by Segmentation

PS Thorup, CM Zeuthen, KA Borup… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The mixed ionic–electronic conductor β-Zn4Sb3 is a cheap and high-performing
thermoelectric material, but under operating conditions with a temperature gradient and a …

Stability and Thermoelectric Properties of Zn4Sb3 with TiO2 Nanoparticle Inclusions

KFF Fischer, JH Bjerg, LR Jørgensen… - ACS applied materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
β-Zn4Sb3 is a cheap nontoxic high-performance thermoelectric material, which
unfortunately suffers from stability issues because of zinc migration in thermal and electrical …