Thermoelectrics: From history, a window to the future

D Beretta, N Neophytou, JM Hodges… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectricity offers a sustainable path to recover and convert waste heat into readily
available electric energy, and has been studied for more than two centuries. From the …

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 …

SrTiO3-based thermoelectrics: Progress and challenges

XL Shi, H Wu, Q Liu, W Zhou, S Lu, Z Shao… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermoelectrics, enabling the direct energy conversion between electricity and heat, provide
alternatives for conventional power generation and refrigeration with considerable …

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 …

Rapid dissolution of cellulose in an AlCl 3/ZnCl 2 aqueous system at room temperature and its versatile adaptability in functional materials

Y **, L Zhang, Y Tian, J Song, J Ma, Z Wang - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This is the first report on the dissolution of cellulose at room temperature (RT) by using the
AlCl3/ZnCl2· 4H2O solvent system. Cellulose with broad degrees of polymerization (DP) …

Data-driven review of thermoelectric materials: performance and resource considerations

MW Gaultois, TD Sparks, CKH Borg… - Chemistry of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this review, we describe the creation of a large database of thermoelectric materials
prepared by abstracting information from over 100 publications. The database has over 18 …

Transition metal oxides–Thermoelectric properties

S Walia, S Balendhran, H Nili, S Zhuiykov… - Progress in Materials …, 2013 - Elsevier
Transition metal oxides (TMOs) are a fascinating class of materials due to their wide ranging
electronic, chemical and mechanical properties. Additionally, they are gaining increasing …

Cold sintered ceramic nanocomposites of 2D MXene and zinc oxide

J Guo, B Legum, B Anasori, K Wang, P Lelyukh… - MXenes, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Nanocomposites containing 2D materials have attracted much attention due to their
potential for enhancing electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, and thermal properties. 2D …

Excessively doped PbTe with Ge-induced nanostructures enables high-efficiency thermoelectric modules

P Jood, M Ohta, A Yamamoto, MG Kanatzidis - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
The application of thermoelectrics in waste heat recovery requires high conversion
efficiency, which is best achieved through the combination of progressive performance …

Intelligent wearable devices based on nanomaterials and nanostructures for healthcare

L **e, Z Zhang, Q Wu, Z Gao, G Mi, R Wang, H Sun… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Emerging classes of flexible electronic sensors as alternatives to conventional rigid sensors
offer a powerful set of capabilities for detecting and quantifying physiological and physical …