Defect engineering in thermoelectric materials: what have we learned?

Y Zheng, TJ Slade, L Hu, XY Tan, Y Luo… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric energy conversion is an all solid-state technology that relies on exceptional
semiconductor materials that are generally optimized through sophisticated strategies …

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 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 …

Realizing record high performance in n-type Bi 2 Te 3-based thermoelectric materials

B Zhu, X Liu, Q Wang, Y Qiu, Z Shu, Z Guo… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The application of Bi2Te3-based power generation is seriously hindered by the poor n-type
samples, demonstrating a strong demand for high-performance n-type Bi2Te3-based …

Advances in thermoelectrics

J Mao, Z Liu, J Zhou, H Zhu, Q Zhang, G Chen… - Advances in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Thermoelectric generators, capable of directly converting heat into electricity, hold great
promise for tackling the ever-increasing energy sustainability issue. The thermoelectric …

Realizing high thermoelectric performance in non-nanostructured n-type PbTe

B Jia, Y Huang, Y Wang, Y Zhou, X Zhao… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructure engineering has improved the performance of thermoelectric materials, but
the deteriorated stability of the materials at high temperatures shortens the service life of …

Review of experimental approaches for improving zT of thermoelectric materials

Z Ma, J Wei, P Song, M Zhang, L Yang, J Ma… - Materials Science in …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past years, various work has been devoted to improving the thermoelectric figure of
merit zT, and remarkable advances have been achieved. In 2019, an abnormal zT value …

Thermoelectric GeTe with diverse degrees of freedom having secured superhigh performance

M Hong, J Zou, ZG Chen - Advanced materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Driven by the ability to harvest waste heat into reusable electricity and the exclusive role of
serving as the power generator for deep spacecraft, intensive endeavors are dedicated to …

High‐performance thermoelectric material and module driven by medium‐entropy engineering in SnTe

Q Zhang, Z Guo, R Wang, X Tan, K Song… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The emerged strategy of entropy engineering provides new ideas for realizing high‐
performance thermoelectric materials, but it is still much unresolved how to achieve delicate …

Extraordinary thermoelectric performance in n-type manganese doped Mg3Sb2 Zintl: high band degeneracy, tuned carrier scattering mechanism and hierarchical …

X Chen, H Wu, J Cui, Y **ao, Y Zhang, J He, Y Chen… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Zintl phases are ideal candidates for thermoelectric applications due to their rich chemistry
and structural complexity. However, the persistent p-type conduction due to intrinsic defects …