Promising and Eco‐Friendly Cu2X‐Based Thermoelectric Materials: Progress and Applications

WD Liu, L Yang, ZG Chen, J Zou - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the nature of their liquid‐like behavior and high dimensionless figure of merit, Cu2X
(X= Te, Se, and S)‐based thermoelectric materials have attracted extensive attention. The …

Energy‐saving pathways for thermoelectric nanomaterial synthesis: Hydrothermal/solvothermal, microwave‐assisted, solution‐based, and powder processing

N Nandihalli, DH Gregory, T Mori - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The pillars of Green Chemistry necessitate the development of new chemical
methodologies and processes that can benefit chemical synthesis in terms of energy …

Cu2Se thermoelectrics: property, methodology, and device

WD Liu, L Yang, ZG Chen - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last decade, high-performance Cu 2 Se thermoelectric materials and devices are
attracting increasing research interest. In this review, we firstly summarize fundamentals of …

Cu 2 Se-Based liquid-like thermoelectric materials: looking back and stepping forward

Z Zhang, K Zhao, TR Wei, P Qiu, L Chen… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
High-performance liquid-like thermoelectrics have attracted global renewed attention since
the paradigm of 'phonon-liquid electron-crystal'was proposed in 2012. As one of the most …

Recent advances in liquid‐like thermoelectric materials

K Zhao, P Qiu, X Shi, L Chen - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric technology has attracted great attention due to its ability to recover and
convert waste heat into readily available electric energy. Among the various candidate …

Chalcogenides as thermoelectric materials

Y Shi, C Sturm, H Kleinke - Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can be utilized to generate electricity from a temperature gradient,
thereby recycling the nowadays abundant waste heat, as well as for cooling applications by …

Realizing high thermoelectric performance in GeTe through decreasing the phase transition temperature via entropy engineering

Y Qiu, Y Jin, D Wang, M Guan, W He, S Peng… - Journal of materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Entropy engineering is one of the powerful approaches to suppress phase transitions. GeTe
has a very high thermoelectric performance at relatively high temperatures, but the low …

p‐type plastic inorganic thermoelectric materials

Z Gao, Q Yang, P Qiu, TR Wei, S Yang… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Deformable thermoelectrics have great potential in self‐powered flexible or hetero‐shaped
electronics. The exceptional room‐temperature plasticity recently discovered in several …

Entropy engineering induced exceptional thermoelectric and mechanical performances in Cu2-yAgyTe1-2xSxSex

Z Zhang, K Zhao, H Chen, Q Ren, Z Yue, TR Wei, P Qiu… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials require not only high performance to maximize the energy
conversion efficiency but also good mechanical properties to guarantee machinability and …

Intrinsically high thermoelectric performance in near-room-temperature α-MgAgSb materials

Y Huang, J Lei, H Chen, Z Zhou, H Dong, S Yang… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract α-MgAgSb is considered as a potential near-room-temperature thermoelectric
material in virtue of its excellent electrical properties, ultralow lattice thermal conductivity and …