Environmentally friendly thermoelectric materials: High performance from inorganic components with low toxicity and abundance in the earth

O Caballero‐Calero, JR Ares… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review article gives an overview of the recent research directions in eco‐friendly, non‐
toxic, and earth‐abundant thermoelectric materials. It covers materials such as sulfides …

Ultralow Thermal Conductivity and Improved Thermoelectric Properties of Al‐Doped ZnO by In Situ O2 Plasma Treatment

V Sethi, K Sun, D Newbrook, D Runacres… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The thriving of Internet‐of‐Things and integrated wireless sensor networks has brought an
unprecedented demand for sustainable micro‐Watt‐scale power supplies. Development of …

Enhanced power factor and increased conductivity of aluminum doped zinc oxide thin films for thermoelectric applications

J Kennedy, PP Murmu, J Leveneur… - … of nanoscience and …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
We report the structural, electrical and thermopower properties of un-doped and Al doped
zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films. Al doping was carried out using 25 keV Al+ implantation with 0.1 …

Control of phonon transport by the formation of the Al 2 O 3 interlayer in Al 2 O 3–ZnO superlattice thin films and their in-plane thermoelectric energy generator …

NW Park, JY Ahn, TH Park, JH Lee, WY Lee, K Cho… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, significant progress has been made in increasing the figure-of-merit (ZT) of
various nanostructured materials, including thin-film and quantum dot superlattice structures …

Thermoelectric behaviors of ZnO mesoporous thin films affected by strain induced from the different dopants radii (Al, Ga, and In)

MH Hong, H Choi, Y Kim, DI Shim, HH Cho… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This study considered effects from thermoelectric property changes due to mesoporous thin
film ZnO lattice deformation through doping with various group III elements. The distorted …

Effect of self-grown seed layer on thermoelectric properties of ZnO thin films

S Saini, P Mele, H Honda, T Suzuki, K Matsumoto… - Thin Solid Films, 2016 - Elsevier
The influence of self-grown seed has been studied on thermoelectric performance of 2% Al-
doped ZnO (AZO) thin films. The thickness and orientation of c-axis domains in seed layer …

Oxidant-dependent thermoelectric properties of undoped ZnO films by atomic layer deposition

H Kim, Z Wang, MN Hedhili, N Wehbe… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Extraordinary oxidant-dependent changes in the thermoelectric properties of undoped ZnO
thin films deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) have been observed. Specifically …

First-Principles Modeling of SrTiO3 Based Oxides for Thermoelectric Applications

DI Bilc, CG Floare, LP Zârbo, S Garabagiu… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Using first-principles electronic structure calculations, we studied the electronic and
thermoelectric properties of SrTiO3 based oxide materials and their nanostructures of …

Microstructural analysis and thermoelectric performance of Ga-doped ZnO/reduced graphene oxide thin film nanocomposites

TQ Trinh, TT Nguyen, DV Vu, DH Le - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, n-type Ga-doped ZnO (GZO)/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) thin-film
nanocomposites were investigated as an approach to enhancing the electron transport of a …

Effect of low-dimensional carbon composite on the thermoelectric properties of vacuum evaporated ZnO: Al films

J Cui, S Sun, M Lan, S Liu, Y Piao, G Li, Q Wang - Thin Solid Films, 2023 - Elsevier
The low-dimensional carbon composite is expected to improve electrical conductivity and
reduce the thermal conductivity of thermoelectric (TE) materials, which is considered an …