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 …

Silver copper chalcogenide thermoelectrics: advance, controversy, and perspective

NH Li, Q Zhang, XL Shi, J Jiang… - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric technology, which enables a direct and pollution‐free conversion of heat into
electricity, provides a promising path to address the current global energy crisis. Among the …

Solid-state cooling: thermoelectrics

Y Qin, B Qin, D Wang, C Chang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The growing demand of thermal management in various fields such as miniaturized 5G
chips has motivated researchers to develop new and high-performance solid-state …

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 …

Discovery of high-performance low-cost n-type Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectric materials with multi-valley conduction bands

J Zhang, L Song, SH Pedersen, H Yin, LT Hung… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Widespread application of thermoelectric devices for waste heat recovery requires low-cost
high-performance materials. The currently available n-type thermoelectric materials are …

Isotropic conduction network and defect chemistry in Mg3+ δ Sb2-based layered Zintl compounds with high thermoelectric performance

H Tamaki, HK Sato, T Kanno - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2016 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thermoelectric performance in the layered Zintl phase n-type Mg 3+ δ (Sb, Bi) 2 is reported.
Insertion of the excess Mg into the compounds is crucial for realizing n-type carrier transport …

Synergistic Effect of Band and Nanostructure Engineering on the Boosted Thermoelectric Performance of n‐Type Mg3+δ(Sb, Bi)2 Zintls

JS Liang, XL Shi, Y Peng, WD Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Thermoelectric Mg3+ δ (Sb, Bi) 2 Zintls have attracted significant attention because
of their high‐performing, eco‐friendly, and cost‐effective features, but their thermoelectric …

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 …

Tuning the carrier scattering mechanism to effectively improve the thermoelectric properties

J Shuai, J Mao, S Song, Q Zhu, J Sun… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A high thermoelectric power factor not only enables a potentially high figure of merit ZT but
also leads to a large output power density, and hence it is pivotal to find an effective route to …

Recent progress and future challenges on thermoelectric Zintl materials

J Shuai, J Mao, S Song, Q Zhang, G Chen… - Materials Today Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials have attracted extensive interest in the last two decades due to
their potential applications in waste-heat recovery from industrial processes, automobiles …