In2O3-Based Thermoelectric Materials: The State of the Art and the Role of Surface State in the Improvement of the Efficiency of Thermoelectric Conversion

G Korotcenkov, V Brinzari, MH Ham - Crystals, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the thermoelectric properties of In2O3-based materials in comparison with
other thermoelectric materials are considered. It is shown that nanostructured In2O3 Sn …

Thermoelectric transport properties of naturally nanostructured Ga–ZnO ceramics: Effect of point defect and interfaces

X Liang - Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2016 - Elsevier
Point defects and nanoscale interfaces have been found of significant influence on the
phonon and electrical transport properties. In the preset work, we present the high …

Thermoelectric characteristics of (Zn, Al) O/hydroquinone superlattices

T Tynell, I Terasaki, H Yamauchi… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Thin ZnO layers doped with aluminum and interspersed with regularly repeating single
layers of organic molecules are deposited by a combined atomic layer deposition (ALD) and …

Inversion boundaries and phonon scattering in Ga: ZnO thermoelectric compounds

E Guilmeau, P Díaz-Chao, OI Lebedev… - Inorganic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We investigated the high-temperature thermoelectric properties of Ga: ZnO bulk compounds,
synthesized using a simple and scalable solid-state process. The effects of a low gallium …

Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles with a novel combustion method and their C2H5OH gas sensing properties

J Guo, C Peng - Ceramics International, 2015 - Elsevier
A novel combustion method was developed to prepare zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs).
The structure and morphology of as-prepared combustion products were investigated by X …

Spectral analysis of heat flux across a nanostructured solid diamond-liquid water interface: A nonequilibrium molecular dynamics study

J Min, Z Guo - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a pressing demand for effective cooling techniques in high heat flux devices. Two
potential cooling solutions, namely capped diamond heat spreader and micro/nanofluidic …

Effect of interface thermal resistance on thermoelectric properties of acoustically mismatched composite

A Kumar, KT Wojciechowski - Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Composite materials can be promising to decouple electron and phonon transport for
improved thermoelectric properties. Herein, the synergistic effect of the particle size of the …

Effect of grain boundary angle on the thermal conductivity of nanostructured bicrystal ZnO based on the molecular dynamics simulation method

Y Liu, Y Bian, A Chernatynskiy, Z Han - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
ZnO is a widely used semiconductor material due to its excellent physical and mechanical
properties. The thermal transport behavior across a single grain boundary (GB) of bicrystal …

Distinguishing thermal and electronic effects in ultrafast optical spectroscopy using oxide heterostructures

SY Smolin, AK Choquette, J Wang… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Measuring time-resolved photoexcited properties in semiconductors is critical to the design
and improvement of light-harvesting devices. Although ultrafast pump–probe spectroscopy …

Anomalously Low Heat Conduction in Single‐Crystal Superlattice Ceramics Lower Than Randomly Oriented Polycrystals

HJ Cho, Y Wu, YQ Zhang, B Feng… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heat conduction in ceramics is attributed to phonon propagation, which can be strongly
suppressed at boundaries. Usually, polycrystals show lower thermal conductivity (κ) than …