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 …

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 …

Wide-temperature-range thermoelectric n-type Mg3(Sb,Bi)2 with high average and peak zT values

JW Li, Z Han, J Yu, HL Zhuang, H Hu, B Su, H Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Mg3 (Sb, Bi) 2 is a promising thermoelectric material suited for electronic cooling,
but there is still room to optimize its low-temperature performance. This work realizes> 200 …

Bi2Te3-based applied thermoelectric materials: research advances and new challenges

J Pei, B Cai, HL Zhuang, JF Li - National science review, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Thermoelectric (TE) materials can directly exchange heat and electricity in the solid state. TE
devices that do not contain moving parts or produce emissions have been commercialized …

High-energy-density ferroelectric polymer nanocomposites for capacitive energy storage: enhanced breakdown strength and improved discharge efficiency

M Guo, J Jiang, Z Shen, Y Lin, CW Nan, Y Shen - Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Emerging dielectric composites consisting of polymer and ceramic nano-inclusions or
several polymers facilitate the development of capacitive energy storage materials, as they …

High ZT in p-type thermoelectric (Bi, Sb) 2 Te 3 with built-in nanopores

HL Zhuang, H Hu, J Pei, B Su, JW Li, Y Jiang… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Peltier devices utilizing thermoelectric (TE) materials are expected to be used for precise
temperature management in 5G and next-generation communication technologies. This …

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 …

Medium-temperature thermoelectric GeTe: vacancy suppression and band structure engineering leading to high performance

J Dong, FH Sun, H Tang, J Pei, HL Zhuang… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
GeTe is a promising thermoelectric material at medium temperature, but its carrier
concentration tends to go beyond the optimal range for thermoelectrics. This work realized a …

Key properties of inorganic thermoelectric materials—tables (version 1)

R Freer, D Ekren, T Ghosh, K Biswas… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents tables of key thermoelectric properties, which define thermoelectric
conversion efficiency, for a wide range of inorganic materials. The twelve families of …

Bi‐Deficiency Leading to High‐Performance in Mg3(Sb,Bi)2‐Based Thermoelectric Materials

JW Li, W Liu, W Xu, HL Zhuang, Z Han… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Mg3 (Sb, Bi) 2 is a potential nearly‐room temperature thermoelectric compound
composed of earth‐abundant elements. However, complex defect tuning and exceptional …