Advanced thermoelectric design: from materials and structures to devices

XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

Rationally designing high-performance bulk thermoelectric materials

G Tan, LD Zhao, MG Kanatzidis - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
There has been a renaissance of interest in exploring highly efficient thermoelectric
materials as a possible route to address the worldwide energy generation, utilization, and …

Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe

LD Zhao, G Tan, S Hao, J He, Y Pei, H Chi, H Wang… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Thermoelectric technology, harvesting electric power directly from heat, is a promising
environmentally friendly means of energy savings and power generation. The thermoelectric …

Compromise and synergy in high‐efficiency thermoelectric materials

T Zhu, Y Liu, C Fu, JP Heremans, JG Snyder… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The past two decades have witnessed the rapid growth of thermoelectric (TE) research.
Novel concepts and paradigms are described here that have emerged, targeting superior TE …

Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices

M Hong, M Li, Y Wang, X Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Driven by the intensive efforts in the development of high‐performance GeTe
thermoelectrics for mass‐market application in power generation and refrigeration, GeTe …

[HTML][HTML] Thermoelectric materials: Energy conversion between heat and electricity

X Zhang, LD Zhao - Journal of Materiomics, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials have drawn vast attentions for centuries, because thermoelectric
effects enable direct conversion between thermal and electrical energy, thus providing an …

Low-temperature sintering of Ag nanoparticles for high-performance thermoelectric module design

L Yin, F Yang, X Bao, W Xue, Z Du, X Wang, J Cheng… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
To facilitate the development of thermoelectric modules for various operating temperature
ranges, a connection technology that is suitable for heat-sensitive thermoelectric materials …

Polymer based thermoelectric nanocomposite materials and devices: Fabrication and characteristics

N Nandihalli, CJ Liu, T Mori - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Organic thermoelectric (TE) materials capitalize on advantages such as low thermal
conductivity, low-cost, eco-friendly, versatile processability, light-weight, mechanical …

Thinking like a chemist: intuition in thermoelectric materials

WG Zeier, A Zevalkink, ZM Gibbs… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The coupled transport properties required to create an efficient thermoelectric material
necessitates a thorough understanding of the relationship between the chemistry and …

Non-equilibrium processing leads to record high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTe–SrTe

G Tan, F Shi, S Hao, LD Zhao, H Chi, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The broad-based implementation of thermoelectric materials in converting heat to electricity
hinges on the achievement of high conversion efficiency. Here we demonstrate a …