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 …

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 …

Chalcogenide thermoelectrics empowered by an unconventional bonding mechanism

Y Yu, M Cagnoni, O Cojocaru‐Mirédin… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric materials have attracted significant research interest in recent decades due
to their promising application potential in interconverting heat and electricity. Unfortunately …

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 …

3D printing of shape-conformable thermoelectric materials using all-inorganic Bi2Te3-based inks

F Kim, B Kwon, Y Eom, JE Lee, S Park, S Jo, SH Park… - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
Thermoelectric energy conversion offers a unique solution for generating electricity from
waste heat. However, despite recent improvements in the efficiency of thermoelectric …

Significant enhancement of thermoelectric figure of merit in BiSbTe‐based composites by incorporating carbon microfiber

G Yang, L Sang, FF Yun, DRG Mitchell… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bismuth telluride‐based materials are already being commercially developed for
thermoelectric (TE) cooling devices and power generators. However, the relatively low …

Revealing nano-chemistry at lattice defects in thermoelectric materials using atom probe tomography

Y Yu, C Zhou, S Zhang, M Zhu, M Wuttig, C Scheu… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
The population of all non-equilibrium lattice defects in materials is referred to as
microstructure. Examples are point defects such as substitutional and interstitial atoms, and …

High-performance shape-engineerable thermoelectric painting

SH Park, S Jo, B Kwon, F Kim, HW Ban, JE Lee… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Output power of thermoelectric generators depends on device engineering minimizing heat
loss as well as inherent material properties. However, the device engineering has been …

Composition-segmented BiSbTe thermoelectric generator fabricated by multimaterial 3D printing

SE Yang, F Kim, F Ejaz, GS Lee, H Ju, S Choo, J Lee… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Segmented thermoelectric generators (TEGs) comprising multiple TE elements can operate
over a large thermal gradient without inherent conversion efficiency (ZT) losses of materials …

Eco‐friendly higher manganese silicide thermoelectric materials: progress and future challenges

WD Liu, ZG Chen, J Zou - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As a promising thermoelectric material, higher manganese silicides are composed of earth‐
abundant and eco‐friendly elements, and have attracted extensive attention for future …