Advanced thermoelectric design: from materials and structures to devices

XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices

M Hong, M Li, Y Wang, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Driven by the intensive efforts in the development of high‐performance GeTe
thermoelectrics for mass‐market application in power generation and refrigeration, GeTe …

Interstitial Cu: an effective strategy for high carrier mobility and high thermoelectric performance in GeTe

LC Yin, WD Liu, M Li, DZ Wang, H Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dense point defects can strengthen phonon scattering to reduce the lattice thermal
conductivity and induce outstanding thermoelectric performance in GeTe‐based materials …

Decoupling carrier-phonon scattering boosts the thermoelectric performance of n-type GeTe-based materials

DZ Wang, WD Liu, Y Mao, S Li, LC Yin… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The coupled relationship between carrier and phonon scattering severely limits the
thermoelectric performance of n-type GeTe materials. Here, we provide an efficient strategy …

Recent advances in designing thermoelectric materials

M Mukherjee, A Srivastava, AK Singh - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The rising demand for energy has accelerated the search for clean and renewable sources
and newer approaches towards efficient energy management. One of the most promising …

Thermoelectric materials and transport physics

N Jia, J Cao, XY Tan, J Dong, H Liu, CKI Tan, J Xu… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoelectrics is attractive as a green and sustainable way for harnessing waste heat and
cooling applications. Designing high performance thermoelectrics involves navigating the …

Realizing a 14% single-leg thermoelectric efficiency in GeTe alloys

Z Bu, X Zhang, B Shan, J Tang, H Liu, Z Chen, S Lin… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
GeTe alloys have recently attracted wide attention as efficient thermoelectrics. In this work, a
single-leg thermoelectric device with a conversion efficiency as high as 14% under a …

One-step post-treatment boosts thermoelectric properties of PEDOT: PSS flexible thin films

X Liu, XL Shi, L Zhang, WD Liu, Y Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Develo** high-performance poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly (styrene
sulfonate)(PEDOT: PSS) significantly widens the practical applications of flexible organic …

Rashba effect maximizes thermoelectric performance of GeTe derivatives

M Hong, W Lyv, M Li, S Xu, Q Sun, J Zou, ZG Chen - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Advances in thermoelectrics are motivated by the innovation of thermoelectric theories. The
Rashba effect, spin-dependent band splitting, paves a new path to enhance thermoelectric …