[HTML][HTML] Advances in bismuth-telluride-based thermoelectric devices: progress and challenges

T Cao, XL Shi, M Li, B Hu, W Chen, WD Liu, W Lyu… - EScience, 2023 - Elsevier
By effectively converting waste heat into electricity, thermoelectric materials and devices can
provide an alternative approach to tackle the energy crisis. Amongst thermoelectric …

Ionic thermoelectric gels and devices: Progress, opportunities, and challenges

M Yu, H Li, Y Li, S Wang, Q Li, Y Wang, B Li, K Zhu… - EnergyChem, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials are promising in relieving the energy crisis concerning harvesting
waste heat and providing a new environment-friendly self-power source for Internet of …

Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices

M Hong, M Li, Y Wang, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Driven by the intensive efforts in the development of high‐performance GeTe
thermoelectrics for mass‐market application in power generation and refrigeration, GeTe …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of Thermoelectric Generators: Technologies and common applications

N Jaziri, A Boughamoura, J Müller, B Mezghani… - Energy reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Power costs increasing, environmental pollution and global warming are issues that we are
dealing with in the present time. To reduce their effects, scientists are focusing on improving …

Synergistically optimized electron and phonon transport in high-performance copper sulfides thermoelectric materials via one-pot modulation

YX Zhang, QY Huang, X Yan, CY Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Optimizing thermoelectric conversion efficiency requires the compromise of electrical and
thermal properties of materials, which are hard to simultaneously improve due to the strong …

Solar thermoelectricity for power generation

S Ayachi, X He, HJ Yoon - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric materials convert waste heat into electricity, making sustainable power
generation possible when a temperature gradient is applied. Solar radiation is one potential …

High‐Performance Industrial‐Grade p‐Type (Bi,Sb)2Te3 Thermoelectric Enabled by a Stepwise Optimization Strategy

Q Zhang, M Yuan, K Pang, Y Zhang, R Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the sole dominator of the commercial thermoelectric (TE) market, Bi2Te3‐based alloys
play an irreplaceable role in Peltier cooling and low‐grade waste heat recovery. Herein, to …

A solvothermal synthetic environmental design for high‐performance SnSe‐based thermoelectric materials

XL Shi, WD Liu, M Li, Q Sun, SD Xu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SnSe is challenging to use in thermoelectric devices due to difficulties in simultaneously
optimizing its thermoelectric and mechanical properties. Here, the authors show a unique …

Flexible thermoelectric materials and generators: challenges and innovations

Y Wang, L Yang, XL Shi, X Shi, L Chen… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The urgent need for ecofriendly, stable, long‐lifetime power sources is driving the booming
market for miniaturized and integrated electronics, including wearable and medical …

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 …