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 …

General strategies to improve thermoelectric performance with an emphasis on tin and germanium chalcogenides as thermoelectric materials

M Rakshit, D Jana, D Banerjee - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric (TE) materials have attracted tremendous research interests over the past
few decades, due to their application in power generation technology from waste heat …

Compositional fluctuations locked by athermal transformation yielding high thermoelectric performance in GeTe

YF Tsai, PC Wei, L Chang, KK Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phase transition in thermoelectric (TE) material is a double‐edged sword—it is undesired for
device operation in applications, but the fluctuations near an electronic instability are …

Achieving Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity and High Thermoelectric Performance in GeTe Alloys via Introducing Cu2Te Nanocrystals and Resonant Level …

Q Zhang, Z Ti, Y Zhu, Y Zhang, Y Cao, S Li, M Wang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The binary compound of GeTe emerging as a potential medium-temperature thermoelectric
material has drawn a great deal of attention. Here, we achieve ultralow lattice thermal …

Constructing van der Waals gaps in cubic-structured SnTe-based thermoelectric materials

X Xu, J Cui, Y Yu, B Zhu, Y Huang, L Xie… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The practical application of eco-friendly tin telluride (SnTe) at intermediate temperatures has
been long restricted by its lower average ZT than that of state-of-art PbTe. Here, a maximal …

Multiple approaches of band engineering and mass fluctuation of solution-processed n-type Re-doped MoS2 nanosheets for enhanced thermoelectric power factor

MA Jenisha, S Kavirajan, S Harish… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The thermoelectric (TE) performance of Molybdenum disulpide (MoS 2) can be improved by
the incorporation of nanomaterials. MoS 2 has been reported as promising thermoelectric …

Advancements in thermoelectric materials: optimization strategies for enhancing energy conversion

H Han, L Zhao, X Wu, B Zuo, S Bian, T Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials are a highly promising category of energy conversion materials. In
this paper, we present a multitude of approaches to enhance the efficacy of these materials …

Highly tailored gap-like structure for excellent thermoelectric performance

X Xu, Y Huang, X Liu, B Jia, J Cui, R He… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The microstructure-dependent thermal transport property has drawn significant attention in
the thermoelectric community for elevating thermoelectric performance. In this work, we …

New insight of thermodynamic cycle in thermoelectric power generation analyses: Literature review and perspectives

X Nie, J Xue, L Zhao, S Deng, H Xiong - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric power generation holds promise for the efficiently utilizing low and medium
grade energy, and its energy efficiency urgently requires enhancement. However, the …

Double–layered GeTe/Sb2Te heterostructures for enhancing thermoelectric performance

Y Chen, X Shen, F Liu, G Wang, A Lotnyk - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
This work reports the preparation and properties of double–layered GeTe/Sb 2 Te
heterostructures that exhibit remarkable improvement in thermoelectric performance …