Evolution of thermoelectric generators: From application to hybridization

Z Liu, B Tian, Y Li, Z Guo, Z Zhang, Z Luo, L Zhao… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Considerable thermal energy is emitted into the environment from human activities and
equipment operation in the course of daily production. Accordingly, the use of thermoelectric …

Electrical and Thermal Transport Properties of Ge1–xPbxCuySbyTeSe2y

Y Jin, D Ren, Y Qiu, LD Zhao - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Balancing the contradictory relationship between thermoelectric parameters, such as
effective mass and carrier mobility, is a challenge to optimize thermoelectric performance …

Atom Probe Tomography Advances Chalcogenide Phase‐Change and Thermoelectric Materials

Y Yu, O Cojocaru-Mirédin, M Wuttig - physica status solidi (a), 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Main‐group chalcogenides show outstanding performance for phase‐change data storage
and thermoelectric energy conversion applications. A common denominator for these …

Ce‐filled Ni1.5Co2.5Sb12 Skutterudite Thin Films with Record‐High Figure of Merit And Device Performance

D Li, XL Shi, J Zhu, M Li, J Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Realizing high thermoelectric performance in CoSb3 skutterudite‐based thin films and their
devices is historically challenging, especially due to the lack of high‐performing thin‐film …

[HTML][HTML] Employing multi-functional SnSe inclusions to boost the thermoelectric performance of the shear-exfoliated Bi2Te2. 7Se0. 3

C Song, XL Shi, L Pan, WD Liu, Q Sun, M Li, C Lu… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to the high near-room-temperature thermoelectric performance, Bi 2 Te 2.7 Se 0.3
(BTS)-based semiconductors have gained significant attention and acted as n-type materials …

[PDF][PDF] Two-step phase manipulation by tailoring chemical bonds results in high-performance GeSe thermoelectrics

W Yao, Y Zhang, T Lyu, W Huang, N Huang, X Li… - The Innovation, 2023 - cell.com
In thermoelectrics, phase engineering serves a crucial function in determining the power
factor by affecting the band degeneracy. However, for low-symmetry compounds, the …

[HTML][HTML] Performance boost for bismuth telluride thermoelectric generator via barrier layer based on low Young's modulus and particle sliding

Y Sun, F Guo, Y Feng, C Li, Y Zou, J Cheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The lack of desirable diffusion barrier layers currently prohibits the long-term stable service
of bismuth telluride thermoelectric devices in low-grade waste heat recovery. Here we …

Synergistic Interactions in sequential process doping of polymer/single‐walled carbon nanotube nanocomposites for enhanced n‐type thermoelectric performance

PS Lin, JM Lin, SH Tung, T Higashihara, CL Liu - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study focuses on the fabrication of nanocomposite thermoelectric devices by blending
either a naphthalene‐diimide (NDI)‐based conjugated polymer (NDI‐T1 or NDI‐T2), or an …

Achieving High Carrier Mobility And Thermal Stability in Plainified Rhombohedral GeTe Thermoelectric Materials with zT > 2

M Zhang, Z Gao, Q Lou, Q Zhu, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
GeTe is a very promising thermoelectric material, but the presence of massive intrinsic Ge
vacancies leads to an overhigh hole concentration and poor thermal stability. Counter …

High Thermoelectric Performance of Non‐Stoichiometric and Oriented GeTe Thin Films

X Zhang, X Lu, P Jiang, X Bao - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing demand for micro‐thermoelectric coolers and generators promotes the
research on thermoelectric (TE) thin films. As a promising medium‐temperature TE material …