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 …

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 …

Giant negative thermopower of ionic hydrogel by synergistic coordination and hydration interactions

B Chen, Q Chen, S **ao, J Feng, X Zhang, T Wang - Science advances, 2021 - science.org
The design of ultrasensitive ionic thermopiles is important for low-grade heat collection and
temperature sensing. However, high-quality ionic thermoelectric materials with negative …

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 …

Promising and Eco‐Friendly Cu2X‐Based Thermoelectric Materials: Progress and Applications

WD Liu, L Yang, ZG Chen, J Zou - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the nature of their liquid‐like behavior and high dimensionless figure of merit, Cu2X
(X= Te, Se, and S)‐based thermoelectric materials have attracted extensive attention. The …

High efficiency Bi 2 Te 3-based materials and devices for thermoelectric power generation between 100 and 300 C

F Hao, P Qiu, Y Tang, S Bai, T **ng, HS Chu… - Energy & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
By suppressing intrinsic excitation in p-type Bi2Te3-based materials, we report maximum
and average zT values of up to 1.4 and 1.2 between 100 and 300° C, respectively …

Flexible quasi‐solid state ionogels with remarkable seebeck coefficient and high thermoelectric properties

H Cheng, X He, Z Fan, J Ouyang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric materials can be used to harvest low‐grade heat that is otherwise dissipated
to the environment. But the conventional thermoelectric materials that are semiconductors or …

New Insights into Intrinsic Point Defects in V2VI3 Thermoelectric Materials

T Zhu, L Hu, X Zhao, J He - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Defects and defect engineering are at the core of many regimes of material research,
including the field of thermoelectric study. The 60‐year history of V2VI3 thermoelectric …

Tuning multiscale microstructures to enhance thermoelectric performance of n‐type Bismuth‐Telluride‐based solid solutions

L Hu, H Wu, T Zhu, C Fu, J He, P Ying… - Advanced Energy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Microstructure manipulation plays an important role in enhancing physical and mechanical
properties of materials. Here a high figure of merit zT of 1.2 at 357 K for n‐type bismuth …

Thermoelectric power factor: Enhancement mechanisms and strategies for higher performance thermoelectric materials

AM Dehkordi, M Zebarjadi, J He, TM Tritt - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric research has witnessed groundbreaking progress over the past 15–20
years. The thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, a measure of the competition between …