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 …

High-performance SnSe thermoelectric materials: Progress and future challenge

ZG Chen, X Shi, LD Zhao, J Zou - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials offer an alternative opportunity to tackle the energy crisis and
environmental problems by enabling the direct solid-state energy conversion. As a …

Recent advances in high-performance bulk thermoelectric materials

X Shi, L Chen, C Uher - International Materials Reviews, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Thermoelectric (TE) materials facilitate direct heat-to-electricity conversion. The performance
of a TE material is characterised by its figure of merit zT (= S 2 σT/κ) that depends on both …

Eco‐friendly SnTe thermoelectric materials: progress and future challenges

R Moshwan, L Yang, J Zou… - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As a key type of emerging thermoelectric material, tin telluride (SnTe) has received
extensive attention because of its low toxicity and eco‐friendly nature. The recent trend …

Cu 2 Se-Based liquid-like thermoelectric materials: looking back and step** forward

Z Zhang, K Zhao, TR Wei, P Qiu, L Chen… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
High-performance liquid-like thermoelectrics have attracted global renewed attention since
the paradigm of 'phonon-liquid electron-crystal'was proposed in 2012. As one of the most …

Recent advances in liquid‐like thermoelectric materials

K Zhao, P Qiu, X Shi, L Chen - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric technology has attracted great attention due to its ability to recover and
convert waste heat into readily available electric energy. Among the various candidate …

Skutterudites as thermoelectric materials: revisited

M Rull-Bravo, A Moure, JF Fernández… - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The research on skutterudites in the last few years has contributed to a better understanding
of the physical processes which play an important role in enhancing their thermoelectric …

Cu-based thermoelectric materials

P Qiu, X Shi, L Chen - Energy Storage Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric technology has the ability to realize direct conversion between heat and
electricity. Compared to the traditional refrigeration and energy generation technologies …

Key issues in development of thermoelectric power generators: High figure-of-merit materials and their highly conducting interfaces with metallic interconnects

DK Aswal, R Basu, A Singh - Energy conversion and management, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are devices that convert temperature differences into
electrical energy, which work on the thermoelectric phenomena known as Seebeck effect …

Realizing high thermoelectric properties of SnTe via synergistic band engineering and structure engineering

R Moshwan, WD Liu, XL Shi, YP Wang, J Zou… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Lead-free tin telluride (SnTe) has been drawn enormous attention recently due to their
potential applications in the mid-temperature thermoelectric power generation. In this study …