Physics and technology of thermoelectric materials and devices

A Dadhich, M Saminathan, K Kumari… - Journal of Physics D …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The continuous depletion of fossil fuels and the increasing demand for eco-friendly and
sustainable energy sources have prompted researchers to look for alternative energy …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Enhancement of thermoelectric properties of transition metals, nickel and copper dually doped ZnO

C Soumya, PP Pradyumnan - Materials Today Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermoelectricity is one of the potential sustainable energy sources, that can be treated as a
remedy for the present energy scarcity as it is a clean-green technology. ZnO is a promising …

Enhancing the thermoelectric power factor of nanostructured SnO2 via Bi substitution

A Ashfaq, LK Smirani, M Abboud, U ur Rehman… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tin dioxide (SnO 2) has recently proved to be a promising material for thermoelectric
applications. We have investigated the influence of highly valence Bi doping as an electron …

Enormous enhancement of thermoelectric properties via piezo-gating effect

J Dutta, ZY Gong, A Mitra, CP Liu - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The thermoelectric effect is one of the most promising techniques to generate electricity from
waste heat energy. The commonly adopted approaches to enhance the thermoelectric …

Study on the mechanism of Y doping effect for improving the properties of ZnO thermoelectric ceramics

B Feng, G Li, D Kong, C Xu, Z Kuang, Y Ma, Z Chen… - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The oxygenated ZnO samples have been prepared by powder metallurgy, and ZnO is doped
with high-valence Y element as electron donors. The study found that the electrical …

Bipolar conduction asymmetries lead to ultra-high thermoelectric power factor

P Graziosi, Z Li, N Neophytou - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Low bandgap thermoelectric materials suffer from bipolar effects at high temperatures, with
increased electronic thermal conductivity and reduced Seebeck coefficient, leading to a …

[HTML][HTML] Tailoring the gas sensing characteristics of ZnO and ZnS monolayers toward CO2, CO and N2 upon introducing defects and substitutional functionalization

P Sikam, S Yawirach, A Watcharapasorn… - Sensing and Bio …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work aims to design two-dimensional (2D) catalysts based ZnO and ZnS for CO 2
reduction reaction (CRR), nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), CO 2 and N 2 captures and …

Synergistic effect of energy filtering, modulation doping and boundary scattering of multiphase Cu-Sb-Bi-S system for enhanced thermoelectric performance

T Manimozhi, S Kavirajan, M Navaneethan - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023 - Elsevier
In this a multiphase cubic system has been successfully synthesised by solvothermal
method. The profile fitting using Rietveld refinement confirms the phase fraction of …

Wedge-shape Al and Mg co-doped zinc oxide thin films: A Facile Route to achieve high thermoelectric power factor

UU Rehman, KU Sahar, O Cherniushok… - Ceramics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thin film thermoelectric technology has immense potential to become a next-generation
power source for small-scale electronics. However, the rapid development of thin film …