Hierarchically nanostructured thermoelectric materials: challenges and opportunities for improved power factors

N Neophytou, V Vargiamidis, S Foster… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
The field of thermoelectric materials has undergone a revolutionary transformation over the
last couple of decades as a result of the ability to nanostructure and synthesize myriads of …

Tripling magnetite's thermoelectric figure of merit with rare earth do**

KS Suraj, HA Eivari, G Tatara… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Using density functional theory (DFT) and machine-learning force fields, we calculated the
thermoelectric properties of magnetite doped with four rare-earth elements: lanthanum …

Magnetism Modulation for Cryogenic Thermoelectric Enhancements in Fe3O4 Nanoparticle-Incorporated Bi0.85Sb0.15 Nanocomposites

J Wang, C Zhu, F Luo, J Wang, X He… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The internal magnetism introduced by the magnetic nanoparticles combined with the
external magnetic field can provide an effective way to modulate the thermoelectric (TE) …

Prospects of low-dimensional and nanostructured silicon-based thermoelectric materials: findings from theory and simulation

N Neophytou - The European Physical Journal B, 2015 - Springer
Silicon based low-dimensional materials receive significant attention as new generation
thermoelectric materials after they have demonstrated record low thermal conductivities …

Synergetic enhancement of thermoelectric performance in a Bi 0.5 Sb 1.5 Te 3/SrTiO 3 heterostructure

X Wan, Z Liu, L Sun, P Jiang, X Bao - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric devices enable a direct conversion between thermal energy and electrical
energy. The maximum output power of thermoelectric devices is determined by, where S is …

Effects of magnetism and size of nano-oxide inclusions on the thermoelectric properties of Ge 0.96 Bi 0.06 Te

C Zhu, J Wang, X Zhu, S Zhang, F Xu, F Luo… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, we comparatively investigate the effects of compositing nanoparticles (NPs)
with different sizes, contents, and magnetism on the thermoelectric properties of p-type Ge0 …

Low-temperature conducting channel switching in hybrid Fe3O4/SiO2/n-Si structures

VA Vikulov, AA Dimitriev, VV Balashev… - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The carrier transport properties of the polycrystalline magnetite (Fe 3 O 4) films grown on an
n-type Si substrate with 5 nm-thick SiO 2 have been investigated between 80 and 300 K in …

Effect of microstructure on the thermoelectric performance of La1− xSrxCoO3

Z Viskadourakis, GI Athanasopoulos… - Journal of Solid State …, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a case where the microstructure has a profound effect on the thermoelectric
properties of oxide compounds. Specifically, we have investigated the effect of different …

Negative differential resistance and magnetotransport in Fe3O4/SiO2/Si heterostructures

X Liu, W Mi, Q Zhang, X Zhang - Applied Physics Letters, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The electronic transport and magnetotransport properties of Fe 3 O 4/SiO 2/Si
heterostructures were investigated with a current source. Negative differential resistance is …

Thermoelectric property of Fe3O4 thin films grown onto the SiO2 (250 nm)/Si and c-Al2O3 (0 0 0 1) substrate at 573 K using pulsed laser deposition

JA Kim, SK Lee, SG Yoon - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2014 - Elsevier
Fe 3 O 4 thin films were grown at 573 K onto SiO 2/Si (0 0 1) and c-Al 2 O 3 (0 0 0 1) single-
crystal substrates using pulsed laser deposition in order to investigate the effect of …