Thermoelectrics for medical applications: Progress, challenges, and perspectives

B Hu, XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical engineering journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectrics, enabling the direct conversion between heat and electrical energy, exhibit
great potentials for employing to localized power generation and refrigeration. Their unique …

[HTML][HTML] Magnesium-based energy materials: Progress, challenges, and perspectives

G Han, Y Lu, H Jia, Z Ding, L Wu, Y Shi, G Wang… - Journal of Magnesium …, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnesium-based energy materials, which combine promising energy-related functional
properties with low cost, environmental compatibility and high availability, have been …

Maximizing the performance of n-type Mg3Bi2 based materials for room-temperature power generation and thermoelectric cooling

Z Liu, W Gao, H Oshima, K Nagase, CH Lee… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Although the thermoelectric effect was discovered around 200 years ago, the main
application in practice is thermoelectric cooling using the traditional Bi2Te3. The related …

Demonstration of ultrahigh thermoelectric efficiency of∼ 7.3% in Mg3Sb2/MgAgSb module for low-temperature energy harvesting

Z Liu, N Sato, W Gao, K Yubuta, N Kawamoto… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Thermoelectric harvesting of low-temperature waste heat offers great opportunities for
sustainable energy production. However, the investigations of related thermoelectric …

Defect‐Engineering‐Stabilized AgSbTe2 with High Thermoelectric Performance

Y Zhang, Z Li, S Singh, A Nozariasbmarz… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric (TE) generators enable the direct and reversible conversion between heat
and electricity, providing applications in both refrigeration and power generation. In the last …

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 …

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 …

Advances in thermoelectrics

J Mao, Z Liu, J Zhou, H Zhu, Q Zhang, G Chen… - Advances in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Thermoelectric generators, capable of directly converting heat into electricity, hold great
promise for tackling the ever-increasing energy sustainability issue. The thermoelectric …

Routes for high-performance thermoelectric materials

X Zhou, Y Yan, X Lu, H Zhu, X Han, G Chen, Z Ren - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can be used in direct conversion of heat to electricity and vice
versa. The past decade has witnessed the rapid growth of thermoelectric research, targeting …

Restructured single parabolic band model for quick analysis in thermoelectricity

J Zhu, X Zhang, M Guo, J Li, J Hu, S Cai… - npj Computational …, 2021 - nature.com
The single parabolic band (SPB) model has been widely used to preliminarily elucidate
inherent transport behaviors of thermoelectric (TE) materials, such as their band structure …