Si and SiGe nanowire for micro-thermoelectric generator: a review of the current state of the art

Y Li, G Wang, M Akbari-Saatlu, M Procek… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In our environment, the large availability of wasted heat has motivated the search for
methods to harvest heat. As a reliable way to supply energy, SiGe has been used for …

High thermal conductivity of submicrometer aluminum nitride thin films sputter-deposited at low temperature

C Perez, AJ McLeod, ME Chen, S Yi, S Vaziri, R Hood… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aluminum nitride (AlN) is one of the few electrically insulating materials with excellent
thermal conductivity, but high-quality films typically require exceedingly hot deposition …

Thermally driven large n‐type voltage responses from hybrids of carbon nanotubes and poly (3, 4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) with tetrakis (dimethylamino) ethylene

H Wang, JH Hsu, SI Yi, SL Kim, K Choi… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201502950 toxic, heavy, and/or rare-earth elements, here we report
fully organic polymeric materials that may greatly alleviate the drawbacks. Organic materials …

Ionic transport properties and their empirical correlations for thermal-to-electrical energy conversion

A Sohn, C Yu - Materials Today Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal-to-electrical energy conversion due to the thermo-diffusion of ions is an emerging
field of study, which has attracted significant research efforts over the past several years due …

Thermoelectric effects in solid-state polyelectrolytes

SL Kim, JH Hsu, C Yu - Organic Electronics, 2018 - Elsevier
Solid-state polyelectrolytes have recently been reported to exhibit extremely high thermally
induced voltage in contrast to conventional thermoelectric materials, showing great promise …

Origin of unusual thermoelectric transport behaviors in carbon nanotube filled polymer composites after solvent/acid treatments

JH Hsu, W Choi, G Yang, C Yu - Organic Electronics, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Composites made of poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly (styrenesulfonate)(
PEDOT: PSS) and carbon nanotube (CNT) have shown unchanged or even increased …

Superior Thermoelectric Performance of SiGe Nanowires Epitaxially Integrated into Thermal Micro‐Harvesters

JM Sojo‐Gordillo, CD Sierra, G Gadea Diez… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor nanowires have demonstrated fascinating properties with applications in a
wide range of fields, including energy and information technologies. Particularly, increasing …

Strain-induced suppression of the miscibility gap in nanostructured Mg 2 Si–Mg 2 Sn solid solutions

S Yi, V Attari, M Jeong, J Jian, S Xue, H Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Solid solutions of Mg2Si and Mg2Sn are promising thermoelectric materials owing to their
high thermoelectric figures-of-merit and non-toxicity, but they may undergo phase separation …

Experimental Evidence of Superdiffusive Thermal Transport in Si0.4Ge0.6 Thin Films

F Yao, S Xia, H Wei, J Zheng, Z Yuan, Y Wang… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Superdiffusive thermal transport represents a unique phenomenon in heat conduction,
which is characterized by a size (L) dependence of thermal conductivity (κ) in the form of κ∝ …

Near-room-temperature thermoelectric materials and their application prospects in geothermal power generation

K Yu, Y Zhou, Y Liu, F Liu, L Hu, W Ao, C Zhang… - … and Geophysics for Geo …, 2020 - Springer
In recent years, due to the shortage of fossil fuel energy and the deterioration of the
environment, increasing attention has been paid to the utilization of geothermal power …