High-performance thermoelectrics and challenges for practical devices

Q Yan, MG Kanatzidis - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Thermoelectric materials can be potentially employed in solid-state devices that harvest
waste heat and convert it to electrical power, thereby improving the efficiency of fuel …

Advances in Ag 2 Se-based thermoelectrics from materials to applications

H Wu, X Shi, J Duan, Q Liu, ZG Chen - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials and their devices can realize the solid-state energy conversion
between thermal and electrical energy, therefore serving as a promising alternative to …

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 …

High-performance SnSe thermoelectric materials: Progress and future challenge

ZG Chen, X Shi, LD Zhao, J Zou - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials offer an alternative opportunity to tackle the energy crisis and
environmental problems by enabling the direct solid-state energy conversion. As a …

Promising and Eco‐Friendly Cu2X‐Based Thermoelectric Materials: Progress and Applications

WD Liu, L Yang, ZG Chen, J Zou - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the nature of their liquid‐like behavior and high dimensionless figure of merit, Cu2X
(X= Te, Se, and S)‐based thermoelectric materials have attracted extensive attention. The …

Cu2Se thermoelectrics: property, methodology, and device

WD Liu, L Yang, ZG Chen - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last decade, high-performance Cu 2 Se thermoelectric materials and devices are
attracting increasing research interest. In this review, we firstly summarize fundamentals of …

Compliant and stretchable thermoelectric coils for energy harvesting in miniature flexible devices

K Nan, SD Kang, K Li, KJ Yu, F Zhu, J Wang… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
With accelerating trends in miniaturization of semiconductor devices, techniques for energy
harvesting become increasingly important, especially in wearable technologies and sensors …

Stretchable thermoelectrics: strategies, performances, and applications

Y Hao, X He, L Wang, X Qin, G Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid development of intelligent devices, flexible robots, medical monitors, and
electronic skins, stretchable wireless power supplies are in great demand. Thermoelectric …

Mitigation of thermal distortion during additive manufacturing

T Mukherjee, V Manvatkar, A De, T DebRoy - Scripta materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Additively manufactured parts are often distorted because of spatially variable heating and
cooling. Currently there is no practical way to select process variables based on scientific …

Entropy engineering induced exceptional thermoelectric and mechanical performances in Cu2-yAgyTe1-2xSxSex

Z Zhang, K Zhao, H Chen, Q Ren, Z Yue, TR Wei, P Qiu… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials require not only high performance to maximize the energy
conversion efficiency but also good mechanical properties to guarantee machinability and …