Advanced thermoelectric design: from materials and structures to devices

XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

Defect engineering in thermoelectric materials: what have we learned?

Y Zheng, TJ Slade, L Hu, XY Tan, Y Luo… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric energy conversion is an all solid-state technology that relies on exceptional
semiconductor materials that are generally optimized through sophisticated strategies …

A robust starch–polyacrylamide hydrogel with scavenging energy harvesting capacity for efficient solar thermoelectricity–freshwater cogeneration

X Mu, J Zhou, P Wang, H Chen, T Yang… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The simultaneous production of clean water and electricity using solar energy has been
proposed as a promising solution to water scarcity and electricity shortage. Here, we design …

A review on energy conversion using hybrid photovoltaic and thermoelectric systems

J Tang, H Ni, RL Peng, N Wang, L Zuo - Journal of Power Sources, 2023 - Elsevier
To solve the global energy crisis, renewable energies need to play a crucial role in people's
daily lives. Among them, solar energy is one of the most widely used since it is abundant on …

Insights into low thermal conductivity in inorganic materials for thermoelectrics

T Ghosh, M Dutta, D Sarkar… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Efficient manipulation of thermal conductivity and fundamental understanding of the
microscopic mechanisms of phonon scattering in crystalline solids are crucial to achieve …

Seeking new, highly effective thermoelectrics

Y Xiao, LD Zhao - Science, 2020 - science.org
Thermoelectric technology can directly and reversibly convert heat to electrical energy.
Although thermoelectric energy conversion will never be as efficient as a steam engine (1) …

Realizing record high performance in n-type Bi 2 Te 3-based thermoelectric materials

B Zhu, X Liu, Q Wang, Y Qiu, Z Shu, Z Guo… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The application of Bi2Te3-based power generation is seriously hindered by the poor n-type
samples, demonstrating a strong demand for high-performance n-type Bi2Te3-based …

High Thermoelectric Performance in the New Cubic Semiconductor AgSnSbSe3 by High-Entropy Engineering

Y Luo, S Hao, S Cai, TJ Slade, ZZ Luo… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We investigate the structural and physical properties of the AgSn m SbSe m+ 2 system with
m= 1–20 (ie, SnSe matrix and∼ 5–50% AgSbSe2) from atomic, nano, and macro length …

Minimization of the electrical contact resistance in thin-film thermoelectric device

M Tan, WD Liu, XL Shi, Q Sun, ZG Chen - Applied Physics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
High electrical contact resistance refrains the performance of thin-film thermoelectric devices
at the demonstrative level. Here, an additional Ti contact layer is developed to minimize the …

Carbon allotrope hybrids advance thermoelectric development and applications

WD Liu, Y Yu, M Dargusch, Q Liu, ZG Chen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
As an emission-free energy conversion technology, thermoelectric technology has been
considered an essential component in solving the global energy crisis. Carbon allotrope …