Defect engineering in thermoelectric materials: what have we learned?

Y Zheng, TJ Slade, L Hu, XY Tan, Y Luo… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric energy conversion is an all solid-state technology that relies on exceptional
semiconductor materials that are generally optimized through sophisticated strategies …

Advances in half-Heusler alloys for thermoelectric power generation

RJ Quinn, JWG Bos - Materials Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Half-Heusler alloys are leading candidate materials for large scale thermoelectric power
generation. In the past decade, substantial improvements have been made to the …

Mitochondria-targeting Cu3VS4 nanostructure with high copper ionic mobility for photothermoelectric therapy

Y Dong, S Dong, C Yu, J Liu, S Gai, Y **e, Z Zhao… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Thermoelectric therapy has emerged as a promising treatment strategy for oncology, but it is
still limited by the low thermoelectric catalytic efficiency at human body temperature and the …

Reactive metal boride nanoparticles trap lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan for bacteria-infected wound healing

Y Meng, L Chen, Y Chen, J Shi, Z Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bacteria and excessive inflammation are two main factors causing non-healing wounds.
However, current studies have mainly focused on the inhibition of bacteria survival for …

Advances in thermoelectric materials research: Looking back and moving forward

J He, TM Tritt - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Heat and electricity are two forms of energy that are at opposite ends of a
spectrum. Heat is ubiquitous, but with low quality, whereas electricity is versatile, but its …

High performance thermoelectric materials: progress and their applications

L Yang, ZG Chen, MS Dargusch… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric (TE) materials have the capability of converting heat into electricity, which
can improve fuel efficiency, as well as providing robust alternative energy supply in multiple …

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 …

Scalable combustion synthesis of graphene-welded activated carbon for high-performance supercapacitors

C Li, X Zhang, Z Lv, K Wang, X Sun, X Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
State-of-the-art supercapacitors mainly employ various activated carbons as active electrode
materials; however, few of them can simultaneously exhibit superior electrical conductivity …

Compound copper chalcogenide nanocrystals

C Coughlan, M Ibanez, O Dobrozhan, A Singh… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges for thermoelectric power generation: from a material perspective

Z Liu, W Gao, F Guo, W Cai, Q Zhang, J Sui - Materials Lab, 2022 - matlab.labapress.com
Thermoelectric devices enable the direct conversion of heat flux into electrical energy, which
have attracted considerable research interests for energy harvesting to address the …