Manipulation of phonon transport in thermoelectrics

Z Chen, X Zhang, Y Pei - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
For several decades, thermoelectric advancements have largely relied on the reduction of
lattice thermal conductivity (κL). According to the Boltzmann transport theory of phonons, κL …

Eco‐friendly SnTe thermoelectric materials: progress and future challenges

R Moshwan, L Yang, J Zou… - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As a key type of emerging thermoelectric material, tin telluride (SnTe) has received
extensive attention because of its low toxicity and eco‐friendly nature. The recent trend …

25th anniversary article: semiconductor nanowires–synthesis, characterization, and applications

NP Dasgupta, J Sun, C Liu, S Brittman… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been studied extensively for over two decades for
their novel electronic, photonic, thermal, electrochemical and mechanical properties. This …

Band engineering of thermoelectric materials

Y Pei, H Wang, GJ Snyder - Advanced materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Lead chalcogenides have long been used for space‐based and thermoelectric remote
power generation applications, but recent discoveries have revealed a much greater …

The panoscopic approach to high performance thermoelectrics

LD Zhao, VP Dravid, MG Kanatzidis - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review discusses recent developments and current research in high performance bulk
thermoelectric materials, comprising nanostructuring, mesostructuring, band alignment …

[HTML][HTML] Nanostructured thermoelectric materials: Current research and future challenge

ZG Chen, G Han, L Yang, L Cheng, J Zou - Progress in Natural Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
The field of thermoelectrics has long been recognized as a potentially transformative power
generation technology and the field is now growing steadily due to their ability to convert …