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 …

Carrier grain boundary scattering in thermoelectric materials

C Hu, K **a, C Fu, X Zhao, T Zhu - Energy & Environmental Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Bulk nanostructuring has been one of the leading strategies employed in the past decade for
the optimization of thermoelectric properties by introducing strong grain boundary scattering …

Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film

ZH Zheng, XL Shi, DW Ao, WD Liu, M Li, LZ Kou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Thermoelectric materials offer the possibility of harvesting huge amounts of waste heat, such
as vehicle exhaust gases, and converting them directly into useful electricity, a process that …

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 …

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 …

A comprehensive review on Bi2Te3‐based thin films: Thermoelectrics and beyond

X Tang, Z Li, W Liu, Q Zhang… - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bi2Te3‐based materials are not only the most important and widely used room temperature
thermoelectric (TE) materials but are also canonical examples of topological insulators in …

Grain boundary re-crystallization and sub-nano regions leading to high plateau figure of merit for Bi 2 Te 3 nanoflakes

WD Liu, LC Yin, L Li, Q Yang, DZ Wang, M Li… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoengineering is an effective strategy to strengthen phonon scattering, reduce lattice
thermal conductivity and boost thermoelectric material performance. However, nanostructure …

Flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: From materials to applications

L Zhang, XL Shi, YL Yang, ZG Chen - Materials today, 2021 - Elsevier
With the ever-growing development of multifunctional and miniature electronics, the
exploring of high-power microwatt-milliwatt self-charging technology is highly essential …

High thermoelectric cooling performance of n-type Mg3Bi2-based materials

J Mao, H Zhu, Z Ding, Z Liu, GA Gamage, G Chen… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Thermoelectric materials have a large Peltier effect, making them attractive for solid-state
cooling applications. Bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3)–based alloys have remained the state-of …

The thermoelectric properties of bismuth telluride

IT Witting, TC Chasapis, F Ricci… - Advanced Electronic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bismuth telluride is the working material for most Peltier cooling devices and thermoelectric
generators. This is because Bi2Te3 (or more precisely its alloys with Sb2Te3 for p‐type and …