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 …

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 …

Keynote review of latest advances in thermoelectric generation materials, devices, and technologies 2022

T Hendricks, T Caillat, T Mori - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The last decade created tremendous advances in new and unique thermoelectric
generation materials, devices, fabrication techniques, and technologies via various global …

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 …

High‐performance thermoelectric SnSe: aqueous synthesis, innovations, and challenges

XL Shi, X Tao, J Zou, ZG Chen - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tin selenide (SnSe) is one of the most promising candidates to realize environmentally
friendly, cost‐effective, and high‐performance thermoelectrics, derived from its outstanding …

Thermoelectric performance enhancement in BiSbTe alloy by microstructure modulation via cyclic spark plasma sintering with liquid phase

HL Zhuang, J Pei, B Cai, J Dong, H Hu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread application of thermoelectric (TE) technology demands high‐performance
materials, which has stimulated unceasing efforts devoted to the performance enhancement …

High‐performance thermoelectric material and module driven by medium‐entropy engineering in SnTe

Q Zhang, Z Guo, R Wang, X Tan, K Song… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The emerged strategy of entropy engineering provides new ideas for realizing high‐
performance thermoelectric materials, but it is still much unresolved how to achieve delicate …

Thermoelectric coolers as thermal management systems for medical applications: Design, optimization, and advancement

SH Zaferani, MW Sams, R Ghomashchi, ZG Chen - Nano energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Compared with traditional cooling techniques, thermoelectric coolers have drawn massive
attention for small-scale cooling applications, particularly in medical practices …

Retarding Ostwald ripening through Gibbs adsorption and interfacial complexions leads to high-performance SnTe thermoelectrics

D An, J Wang, J Zhang, X Zhai, Z Kang… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoprecipitation is a routine method to decrease the thermal conductivity for advancing
thermoelectric performance. However, the coarsening/Ostwald ripening of precipitates under …

Enhanced thermoelectric properties of nanostructured n-type Bi2Te3 by suppressing Te vacancy through non-equilibrium fast reaction

Y Wang, WD Liu, XL Shi, M Hong, LJ Wang, M Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
As one promising low-temperature thermoelectric material, Bi 2 Te 3 suffers from high carrier
concentrations beyond the optimal value contributed by excess Te vacancies. In this study …