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 …

Prospects of colloidal nanocrystals for electronic and optoelectronic applications

DV Talapin, JS Lee, MV Kovalenko… - Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystals (NCs) discussed in this Review are tiny crystals of metals, semiconductors,
and magnetic material consisting of hundreds to a few thousand atoms each. Their size …

Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals

LD Zhao, SH Lo, Y Zhang, H Sun, G Tan, C Uher… - nature, 2014 - nature.com
The thermoelectric effect enables direct and reversible conversion between thermal and
electrical energy, and provides a viable route for power generation from waste heat. The …

High performance thermoelectric materials: progress and their applications

L Yang, ZG Chen, MS Dargusch… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric (TE) materials have the capability of converting heat into electricity, which
can improve fuel efficiency, as well as providing robust alternative energy supply in multiple …

Enhancement of thermoelectric efficiency in PbTe by distortion of the electronic density of states

JP Heremans, V Jovovic, ES Toberer, A Saramat… - Science, 2008 - science.org
The efficiency of thermoelectric energy converters is limited by the material thermoelectric
figure of merit (zT). The recent advances in zT based on nanostructures limiting the phonon …

New directions for low‐dimensional thermoelectric materials

MS Dresselhaus, G Chen, MY Tang… - Advanced …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Many of the recent advances in enhancing the thermoelectric figure of merit are linked to
nanoscale phenomena found both in bulk samples containing nanoscale constituents and in …

New and old concepts in thermoelectric materials

JR Sootsman, DY Chung… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Herein we cover the key concepts in the field of thermoelectric materials research, present
the current understanding, and show the latest developments. Current research is aimed at …

Bulk nanostructured thermoelectric materials: current research and future prospects

AJ Minnich, MS Dresselhaus, ZF Ren… - Energy & Environmental …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectrics have long been recognized as a potentially transformative energy
conversion technology due to their ability to convert heat directly into electricity. Despite this …

Convergence of Conduction Bands as a Means of Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance <?format ?>of -Type Solid Solutions

W Liu, X Tan, K Yin, H Liu, X Tang, J Shi, Q Zhang… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
Mg 2 Si and Mg 2 Sn are indirect band gap semiconductors with two low-lying conduction
bands (the lower mass and higher mass bands) that have their respective band edges …

Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications

M Zebarjadi, K Esfarjani, MS Dresselhaus… - Energy & …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This review is an update of a previous review (AJ Minnich, et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2009,
2, 466) published two years ago by some of the co-authors, focusing on progress made in …