Thermoelectrics: From history, a window to the future

D Beretta, N Neophytou, JM Hodges… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectricity offers a sustainable path to recover and convert waste heat into readily
available electric energy, and has been studied for more than two centuries. From the …

Routes for high-performance thermoelectric materials

X Zhou, Y Yan, X Lu, H Zhu, X Han, G Chen, Z Ren - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can be used in direct conversion of heat to electricity and vice
versa. The past decade has witnessed the rapid growth of thermoelectric research, targeting …

Thermoelectric Cu12Sb4S13‐Based Synthetic Minerals with a Sublimation‐Derived Porous Network

H Hu, HL Zhuang, Y Jiang, J Shi, JW Li… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pores in a solid can effectively reduce thermal conduction, but they are not favored in
thermoelectric materials due to simultaneous deterioration of electrical conductivity …

Recent developments in Earth-abundant copper-sulfide thermoelectric materials

AV Powell - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The ability of thermoelectric devices to convert waste heat into useful electrical power has
stimulated a remarkable growth in research into thermoelectric materials. There is, however …

Review of current ZT> 1 thermoelectric sulfides

FH Sun, H Li, J Tan, L Zhao, X Wang, H Hu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermoelectrics has played a fascinating role in the developments of direct energy
conversion technologies. Over the past decade, sulfur-based thermoelectric materials have …

Promising materials for thermoelectric applications

B Cai, H Hu, HL Zhuang, JF Li - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can directly convert heat to electricity and vice versa. ZT (= S 2 σ
T/κ) is usually used for evaluating the performance of thermoelectric materials. Improving ZT …