High performance thermoelectric materials: progress and their applications

L Yang, ZG Chen, MS Dargusch… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric (TE) materials have the capability of converting heat into electricity, which
can improve fuel efficiency, as well as providing robust alternative energy supply in multiple …

Recent advances in modeling and simulation of thermoelectric power generation

D Luo, Z Liu, Y Yan, Y Li, R Wang, L Zhang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric power generation is a renewable energy conversion technology that can
directly convert heat into electricity. In recent years, a great number of theoretical models …

Review of thermoelectric geometry and structure optimization for performance enhancement

S Shittu, G Li, X Zhao, X Ma - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric geometry and structure optimization are vital research areas which are being
explored extensively in recent years due to significant performance enhancement achieved …

Printing thermoelectric inks toward next-generation energy and thermal devices

M Zeng, D Zavanelli, J Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability of thermoelectric (TE) materials to convert thermal energy to electricity and vice
versa highlights them as a promising candidate for sustainable energy applications. Despite …

Numerical investigation of a thermoelectric generator system with embedded sickle-shaped fins

R Quan, J Wang, W Liang, X Li, Y Chang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
To enhance the utilization efficiency of exhaust gas in thermoelectric generator (TEG)
systems, a polygonal heat exchanger with embedded sickle-shaped fins was proposed in …

Performance optimization of a class of combined thermoelectric heating devices

LG Chen, FK Meng, YL Ge, HJ Feng, SJ Xia - Science China …, 2020 - Springer
A detailed model of thermally-driven combined thermoelectric (TE) heating device is
established. The device consists of two-stage TE heat pump (TTEH) and two-stage TE …

Energy and exergy analyses and optimizations for two-stage TEC driven by two-stage TEG with Thomson effect

LG Chen, YL Ge, HJ Feng, TT Ren - Science China Technological …, 2024 - Springer
Based on the non-equilibrium thermodynamics and energy and exergy analyses, a
thermodynamic model of two-stage thermoelectric (TE) cooler (TTEC) driven by two-stage …

A hybrid transient CFD-thermoelectric numerical model for automobile thermoelectric generator systems

D Luo, Y Yan, Y Li, R Wang, S Cheng, X Yang, D Ji - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Dynamic performance prediction of the automobile thermoelectric generator system is one of
the research hotspots in the field of thermoelectric technology. In this work, a hybrid transient …

Modified pulse operation of thermoelectric coolers for building cooling applications

S Manikandan, SC Kaushik, R Yang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a modified pulse operation of the thermoelectric cooler (TEC) for
building space cooling application. In the normal pulse operation of a thermoelectric cooler …

An exhaustive experimental study of a novel air-water based thermoelectric cooling unit

HS Dizaji, S Jafarmadar, S Khalilarya, A Moosavi - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, the cooling feasibility of air flow via a novel air-water based TEC system (as an
alternative air cooling unit) is experimentally investigated for different climate conditions …