Magnetron sputtering enabled sustainable synthesis of nanomaterials for energy electrocatalysis

J Liang, Q Liu, T Li, Y Luo, S Lu, X Shi, F Zhang… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Next-generation energy technologies have captured increasing research interest because of
their fascinating advantages, yet the implementation of such technologies requires efficient …

Recent advances in flexible thermoelectric films and devices

X Li, K Cai, M Gao, Y Du, S Shen - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Flexible thermoelectric (TE) generator (f-TEG) assembled with flexible TE films (f-TEFs),
which can continuously output power by harvesting the heat energy (body heat and sunlight …

Polycrystalline SnSe with a thermoelectric figure of merit greater than the single crystal

C Zhou, YK Lee, Y Yu, S Byun, ZZ Luo, H Lee, B Ge… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Thermoelectric materials generate electric energy from waste heat, with conversion
efficiency governed by the dimensionless figure of merit, ZT. Single-crystal tin selenide …

Simultaneous manipulation of interfacial and defects polarization toward Zn/Co phase and ion hybrids for electromagnetic wave absorption

Z Gao, D Lan, L Zhang, H Wu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rational manipulation of multimetal hybrid materials (HMs) with tunable substitution or
phases is evolving as an effective strategy to meet the controllable electromagnetic (EM) …

Inspecting the electronic structure and thermoelectric power factor of novel p-type half-Heuslers

SA Khandy - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In line for semiconducting electronic properties, we systematically scrutinize the likely to be
grown half-Heusler compounds XTaZ (X= Pd, Pt and Z= Al, Ga, In) for their stability and …

Boosting the thermoelectric performance of Heusler compounds by band engineering

F Garmroudi, A Riss, M Parzer, N Reumann, H Müller… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Linking the fundamental physics of band structure and scattering theory with macroscopic
features such as measured temperature dependencies of electronic and thermal transport is …

Strain engineering of electronic structure, phonon, and thermoelectric properties of p-type half-Heusler semiconductor

SA Khandy, JD Chai - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
We thoroughly inspected the strain induced electronic properties, phonon dynamics and
thermoelectric performance of ZrRhSb compound via density functional theory calculations …

Ductile inorganic amorphous/crystalline composite Ag4TeS with phonon-glass electron-crystal transport behavior and excellent stability of high thermoelectric …

X Liang, C Chen - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The phonon-glass electron-crystal is an ideal picture for thermoelectric materials. However,
amorphous solids such as ceramic and metallic glasses are often excluded from candidate …

Theory of huge thermoelectric effect based on a magnon drag mechanism: Application to thin-film Heusler alloy

H Matsuura, M Ogata, T Mori, E Bauer - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
To understand the unexpectedly high thermoelectric performance observed in the thin-film
Heusler alloy Fe 2 V 0.8 W 0.2 Al, we study the magnon drag effect, generated by the …

Structural, electronic, mechanical, and thermoelectric properties of LiTiCoX (X= Si, Ge) compounds

J Singh, K Kaur, SA Khandy, S Dhiman… - … Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the present work, we have used the first principles approach combined with semi classical
Boltzmann Transport equations to calculate the structural, mechanical, electronic, and …