Recent progress in multiphase thermoelectric materials

R Fortulan, S Aminorroaya Yamini - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thermoelectric materials, which directly convert thermal energy to electricity and vice versa,
are considered a viable source of renewable energy. However, the enhancement of …

Dislocations stabilized by point defects increase brittleness in PbTe

JP Male, L Abdellaoui, Y Yu, S Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dislocations and the residual strain they produce are instrumental for the high thermoelectric
figure of merit, zT≈ 2, in lead chalcogenides. However, these materials tend to be brittle …

Improved electrical conductivity and thermoelectric performance of ZnO by doping with NaCl and CdO

C Gayner - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
ZnO is a promising thermoelectric (TE) material for high-temperature applications; however,
its TE performance is limited by strong coupling between the electrical and thermal transport …