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 …

Review of current high-ZT thermoelectric materials

J Wei, L Yang, Z Ma, P Song, M Zhang, J Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2020‏ - Springer
Thermoelectric materials are capable of converting heat and electricity to each other.
Thermoelectric devices can be miniaturized and highly integrated with existing …

Energy‐saving pathways for thermoelectric nanomaterial synthesis: Hydrothermal/solvothermal, microwave‐assisted, solution‐based, and powder processing

N Nandihalli, DH Gregory, T Mori - Advanced Science, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The pillars of Green Chemistry necessitate the development of new chemical
methodologies and processes that can benefit chemical synthesis in terms of energy …

Recent progress of two-dimensional thermoelectric materials

D Li, Y Gong, Y Chen, J Lin, Q Khan, Y Zhang, Y Li… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2020‏ - Springer
Thermoelectric generators have attracted a wide research interest owing to their ability to
directly convert heat into electrical power. Moreover, the thermoelectric properties of …

Metal phosphides and phosphates‐based electrodes for electrochemical supercapacitors

X Li, AM Elshahawy, C Guan, J Wang - Small, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus compounds, such as metal phosphides and phosphates have shown excellent
performances and great potential in electrochemical energy storage, which are …

3D printing of shape-conformable thermoelectric materials using all-inorganic Bi2Te3-based inks

F Kim, B Kwon, Y Eom, JE Lee, S Park, S Jo, SH Park… - Nature Energy, 2018‏ - nature.com
Thermoelectric energy conversion offers a unique solution for generating electricity from
waste heat. However, despite recent improvements in the efficiency of thermoelectric …

Review of experimental approaches for improving zT of thermoelectric materials

Z Ma, J Wei, P Song, M Zhang, L Yang, J Ma… - Materials Science in …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
In the past years, various work has been devoted to improving the thermoelectric figure of
merit zT, and remarkable advances have been achieved. In 2019, an abnormal zT value …

Oleylamine in nanoparticle synthesis

S Mourdikoudis, LM Liz-Marzán - Chemistry of Materials, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Wet chemistry in organic solvents has proven highly efficient for the preparation of several
types of metallic, metal-oxide, and semiconductor nanostructures. This Short Review …

Prospects of nanoscience with nanocrystals

MV Kovalenko, L Manna, A Cabot, Z Hens… - ACS …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs, ie, crystalline nanoparticles) have become an important class
of materials with great potential for applications ranging from medicine to electronic and …

n-Type Bi2Te3–xSex Nanoplates with Enhanced Thermoelectric Efficiency Driven by Wide-Frequency Phonon Scatterings and Synergistic Carrier Scatterings

M Hong, TC Chasapis, ZG Chen, L Yang… - ACS …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Driven by the prospective applications of thermoelectric materials, massive efforts have
been dedicated to enhancing the conversion efficiency. The latter is governed by the figure …