Advanced thermoelectric design: from materials and structures to devices

XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices

M Hong, M Li, Y Wang, X 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 …

High figure-of-merit and power generation in high-entropy GeTe-based thermoelectrics

B Jiang, W Wang, S Liu, Y Wang, C Wang, Y Chen… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The high-entropy concept provides extended, optimized space of a composition, resulting in
unusual transport phenomena and excellent thermoelectric performance. By tuning electron …

Power generation and thermoelectric cooling enabled by momentum and energy multiband alignments

B Qin, D Wang, X Liu, Y Qin, JF Dong, J Luo, JW Li… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Thermoelectric materials transfer heat and electrical energy, hence they are useful for power
generation or cooling applications. Many of these materials have narrow bandgaps …

Flexible thermoelectrics based on ductile semiconductors

Q Yang, S Yang, P Qiu, L Peng, TR Wei, Z Zhang, X Shi… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Flexible thermoelectrics provide a different solution for develo** portable and sustainable
flexible power supplies. The discovery of silver sulfide–based ductile semiconductors has …

Compositing effects for high thermoelectric performance of Cu2Se-based materials

Z Zhou, Y Huang, B Wei, Y Yang, D Yu, Y Zheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Thermoelectric materials can realize direct conversion between heat and electricity, showing
excellent potential for waste heat recovery. Cu2Se is a typical superionic conductor …

Next-generation thermoelectric cooling modules based on high-performance Mg3 (Bi, Sb) 2 material

J Yang, G Li, H Zhu, N Chen, T Lu, J Gao, L Guo… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
As the core component of any real thermoelectric cooling system, the Bi 2 Te 3-based
modules have been used for decades. Recently, n-type Mg 3 (Bi, Sb) 2 material was …

High thermoelectric efficiency realized in SnSe crystals via structural modulation

B Qin, D Wang, T Hong, Y Wang, D Liu, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Crystalline thermoelectrics have been developed to be potential candidates for power
generation and electronic cooling, among which SnSe crystals are becoming the most …

Thermoelectric coolers: progress, challenges, and opportunities

WY Chen, XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Small Methods, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to the free of noise, mechanical component, working fluid, and chemical reaction,
thermoelectric cooling is regarded as a suitable solution to address the greenhouse …

Promising and Eco‐Friendly Cu2X‐Based Thermoelectric Materials: Progress and Applications

WD Liu, L Yang, ZG Chen, J Zou - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the nature of their liquid‐like behavior and high dimensionless figure of merit, Cu2X
(X= Te, Se, and S)‐based thermoelectric materials have attracted extensive attention. The …