A comprehensive review on Bi2Te3‐based thin films: Thermoelectrics and beyond

X Tang, Z Li, W Liu, Q Zhang… - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bi2Te3‐based materials are not only the most important and widely used room temperature
thermoelectric (TE) materials but are also canonical examples of topological insulators in …

The thermoelectric properties of bismuth telluride

IT Witting, TC Chasapis, F Ricci… - Advanced Electronic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bismuth telluride is the working material for most Peltier cooling devices and thermoelectric
generators. This is because Bi2Te3 (or more precisely its alloys with Sb2Te3 for p‐type and …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Low-symmetry rhombohedral GeTe thermoelectrics

J Li, X Zhang, Z Chen, S Lin, W Li, J Shen, IT Witting… - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
High-symmetry thermoelectric materials usually have the advantage of very high band
degeneracy, while low-symmetry thermoelectrics have the advantage of very low lattice …

Approach to determine the density‐of‐states effective mass with carrier concentration‐dependent Seebeck coefficient

KH Lee, S Kim, JC Lim, JY Cho… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Band engineering is an effective strategy to improve the electronic transport properties of
semiconductors. In thermoelectric materials research, density‐of‐states effective mass is an …

Phase boundary map** to obtain n-type Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectrics

S Ohno, K Imasato, S Anand, H Tamaki, SD Kang… - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
Zintl compounds make excellent thermoelectrics with many opportunities for chemically
tuning their electronic and thermal transport properties. However, the majority of Zintl …

Thermoelectric performance enhancement in BiSbTe alloy by microstructure modulation via cyclic spark plasma sintering with liquid phase

HL Zhuang, J Pei, B Cai, J Dong, H Hu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread application of thermoelectric (TE) technology demands high‐performance
materials, which has stimulated unceasing efforts devoted to the performance enhancement …

Compliant and stretchable thermoelectric coils for energy harvesting in miniature flexible devices

K Nan, SD Kang, K Li, KJ Yu, F Zhu, J Wang… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
With accelerating trends in miniaturization of semiconductor devices, techniques for energy
harvesting become increasingly important, especially in wearable technologies and sensors …

High thermoelectric performance in Bi 0.46 Sb 1.54 Te 3 nanostructured with ZnTe

R Deng, X Su, S Hao, Z Zheng, M Zhang… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Defect engineering and nano-structuring are the core stratagems for improving
thermoelectric properties. In bismuth telluride alloys nanosizing individual crystallites has …

Exceptional thermoelectric performance in Mg 3 Sb 0.6 Bi 1.4 for low-grade waste heat recovery

K Imasato, SD Kang, GJ Snyder - Energy & Environmental Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bi2Te3 alloys have been the most widely used n-type material for low temperature
thermoelectric power generation for over 50 years, thanks to the highest efficiency in the 300 …