Bulk nanostructured thermoelectric materials: current research and future prospects

AJ Minnich, MS Dresselhaus, ZF Ren… - Energy & Environmental …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectrics have long been recognized as a potentially transformative energy
conversion technology due to their ability to convert heat directly into electricity. Despite this …

Solar thermoelectricity for power generation

S Ayachi, X He, HJ Yoon - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric materials convert waste heat into electricity, making sustainable power
generation possible when a temperature gradient is applied. Solar radiation is one potential …

High-performance flat-panel solar thermoelectric generators with high thermal concentration

D Kraemer, B Poudel, HP Feng, JC Caylor, B Yu… - Nature materials, 2011 - nature.com
The conversion of sunlight into electricity has been dominated by photovoltaic and solar
thermal power generation. Photovoltaic cells are deployed widely, mostly as flat panels …

Advances in solar thermoelectric and photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid systems for power generation

K Tyagi, B Gahtori, S Kumar, SR Dhakate - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
With the continuously increasing demand for energy, reduction in greenhouse gas emission
for daily energy usage is a challenging task. Solar energy based technologies possess the …

Recent advances in nanostructured thermoelectric half-Heusler compounds

W **e, A Weidenkaff, X Tang, Q Zhang, J Poon, TM Tritt - Nanomaterials, 2012 - mdpi.com
Half-Heusler (HH) alloys have attracted considerable interest as promising thermoelectric
(TE) materials in the temperature range around 700 K and above, which is close to the …

Thermoelectric ceramics for energy harvesting

K Koumoto, R Funahashi, E Guilmeau… - Journal of the …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Metal oxides (Ca3Co4O9, CaMnO3, SrTiO3, In2O3), Ti sulfides, and Mn silicides are
promising thermoelectric (TE) material candidates for cascade‐type modules that are usable …

Concentrated solar thermoelectric generators

LL Baranowski, GJ Snyder, ES Toberer - Energy & Environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) are solid state heat engines that generate
electricity from concentrated sunlight. In this paper, we develop a novel detailed balance …

[BOOK][B] Thermoelectrics and its Energy Harvesting, 2-Volume Set

DM Rowe - 2018 - books.google.com
Comprising two volumes, Thermoelectrics and Its Energy Harvesting reviews the vast
improvements in technology and application of thermoelectric energy with a specific …

Development and applications of solar-based thermoelectric technologies

H **, L Luo, G Fraisse - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
In this paper a survey of solar-based driven thermoelectric technologies and their
applications is presented. Initially, a brief analysis of the environmental problems related to …

A novel high-performance photovoltaic–thermoelectric hybrid device

N Wang, L Han, H He, NH Park… - Energy & Environmental …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel photovoltaic–thermoelectric (PV–TE) hybrid device composed of a series-connected
dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), a solar selective absorber (SSA) and a TE generator is …