Advances in the design and assembly of flexible thermoelectric device

T Cao, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to their capabilities of solid-state conversion between heat and electricity, zero-
emission, and high flexibility, flexible thermoelectric devices (F-TEDs) have exhibited great …

Thermoelectric Generators: A comprehensive review of characteristics and applications

F Tohidi, SG Holagh, A Chitsaz - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy crisis and associated environmental issues are the main challenges in today's
changing world, where there is a growing demand for electricity. To address such …

Lattice plainification advances highly effective SnSe crystalline thermoelectrics

D Liu, D Wang, T Hong, Z Wang, Y Wang, Y Qin, L Su… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Thermoelectric technology has been widely used for key areas, including waste-heat
recovery and solid-state cooling. We discovered tin selenide (SnSe) crystals with potential …

High thermoelectric performance realized through manipulating layered phonon-electron decoupling

L Su, D Wang, S Wang, B Qin, Y Wang, Y Qin, Y **… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Thermoelectric materials allow for direct conversion between heat and electricity, offering
the potential for power generation. The average dimensionless figure of merit ZT ave …

Staggered circular nanoporous graphene converts electromagnetic waves into electricity

H Lv, Y Yao, S Li, G Wu, B Zhao, X Zhou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Harvesting largely ignored and wasted electromagnetic (EM) energy released by electronic
devices and converting it into direct current (DC) electricity is an attractive strategy not only …

Advances in Ag 2 Se-based thermoelectrics from materials to applications

H Wu, X Shi, J Duan, Q Liu, ZG Chen - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials and their devices can realize the solid-state energy conversion
between thermal and electrical energy, therefore serving as a promising alternative to …

Micro-thermoelectric devices

Q Zhang, K Deng, L Wilkens, H Reith, K Nielsch - Nature Electronics, 2022 - nature.com
Sustainable energy harvesting and efficient thermal management are required for the
development of highly integrated electronic devices, the Internet of Things, and flexible and …

Evolution of defect structures leading to high ZT in GeTe-based thermoelectric materials

Y Jiang, J Dong, HL Zhuang, J Yu, B Su, H Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
GeTe is a promising mid-temperature thermoelectric compound but inevitably contains
excessive Ge vacancies hindering its performance maximization. This work reveals that …

Thermoelectric converter: Strategies from materials to device application

Z Wu, S Zhang, Z Liu, E Mu, Z Hu - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectricity, green technology which can convert huge free thermal energy to
electricity without time and geography limitations, is vital for bright future energy to alleviate …

Engineering an atomic-level crystal lattice and electronic band structure for an extraordinarily high average thermoelectric figure of merit in n-type PbSe

B Ge, H Lee, J Im, Y Choi, SY Kim, JY Lee… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We stabilize multiscale defect structures involving interstitial Cu, displaced Pb and Se atoms
from the regular lattice points, dislocations prompted by scarce anion vacancies, and …