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 …

High‐performance thermoelectric SnSe: aqueous synthesis, innovations, and challenges

XL Shi, X Tao, J Zou, ZG Chen - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tin selenide (SnSe) is one of the most promising candidates to realize environmentally
friendly, cost‐effective, and high‐performance thermoelectrics, derived from its outstanding …

Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film

ZH Zheng, XL Shi, DW Ao, WD Liu, M Li, LZ Kou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Thermoelectric materials offer the possibility of harvesting huge amounts of waste heat, such
as vehicle exhaust gases, and converting them directly into useful electricity, a process that …

A solvothermal synthetic environmental design for high‐performance SnSe‐based thermoelectric materials

XL Shi, WD Liu, M Li, Q Sun, SD Xu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SnSe is challenging to use in thermoelectric devices due to difficulties in simultaneously
optimizing its thermoelectric and mechanical properties. Here, the authors show a unique …

Challenges and opportunities in low-dimensional thermoelectric nanomaterials

J Dong, A Suwardi, XY Tan, N Jia, K Saglik, R Ji… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can convert heat into electrical energy, which can potentially be
used to improve the fuel efficiency of conventional heat engines. In recent decades …

Recent advances in SnSe nanostructures beyond thermoelectricity

F Li, H Wang, R Huang, W Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Layered SnSe is an emerging class of black phosphorus, which is non‐toxic, eco‐friendly,
and chemically stable. Recently, SnSe nanostructures have triggered more research interest …

Hybrid Data‐Driven Discovery of High‐Performance Silver Selenide‐Based Thermoelectric Composites

W Shang, M Zeng, ANM Tanvir, K Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Optimizing material compositions often enhances thermoelectric performances. However,
the large selection of possible base elements and dopants results in a vast composition …

Cu2Se-based thermoelectric cellular architectures for efficient and durable power generation

S Choo, F Ejaz, H Ju, F Kim, J Lee, SE Yang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Thermoelectric power generation offers a promising way to recover waste heat. The
geometrical design of thermoelectric legs in modules is important to ensure sustainable …

Four-phonon scattering effect and two-channel thermal transport in two-dimensional paraelectric SnSe

J Sun, C Zhang, Z Yang, Y Shen, M Hu… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In recent years, increased attention has been paid to the study of four-phonon interactions
and diffusion transport in three-dimensional (3D) thermoelectric materials because they play …

[HTML][HTML] Thermoelectric thin films: Promising strategies and related mechanism on boosting energy conversion performance

X Chen, Z Zhou, YH Lin, C Nan - Journal of Materiomics, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermoelectrics can be capable of direct and reversible conversion between heat and
electricity. Low dimensional thermoelectric materials, especially two dimensional (2D) thin …