Polymer based thermoelectric nanocomposite materials and devices: Fabrication and characteristics

N Nandihalli, CJ Liu, T Mori - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Organic thermoelectric (TE) materials capitalize on advantages such as low thermal
conductivity, low-cost, eco-friendly, versatile processability, light-weight, mechanical …

Challenges and opportunities in low-dimensional thermoelectric nanomaterials

J Dong, A Suwardi, XY Tan, N Jia, K Saglik, R Ji… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can convert heat into electrical energy, which can potentially be
used to improve the fuel efficiency of conventional heat engines. In recent decades …

3D printing of shape-conformable thermoelectric materials using all-inorganic Bi2Te3-based inks

F Kim, B Kwon, Y Eom, JE Lee, S Park, S Jo, SH Park… - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
Thermoelectric energy conversion offers a unique solution for generating electricity from
waste heat. However, despite recent improvements in the efficiency of thermoelectric …

Prospects of nanoscience with nanocrystals

MV Kovalenko, L Manna, A Cabot, Z Hens… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs, ie, crystalline nanoparticles) have become an important class
of materials with great potential for applications ranging from medicine to electronic and …

Colloidal inorganic ligand-capped nanocrystals: fundamentals, status, and insights into advanced functional nanodevices

W Wang, M Zhang, Z Pan, GM Biesold, S Liang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) are intriguing building blocks for assembling various functional
thin films and devices. The electronic, optoelectronic, and thermoelectric applications of …

Printing thermoelectric inks toward next-generation energy and thermal devices

M Zeng, D Zavanelli, J Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability of thermoelectric (TE) materials to convert thermal energy to electricity and vice
versa highlights them as a promising candidate for sustainable energy applications. Despite …

A generalized ligand-exchange strategy enabling sequential surface functionalization of colloidal nanocrystals

A Dong, X Ye, J Chen, Y Kang, T Gordon… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The ability to engineer surface properties of nanocrystals (NCs) is important for various
applications, as many of the physical and chemical properties of nanoscale materials are …

25th anniversary article: colloidal quantum dot materials and devices: a quarter‐century of advances

JY Kim, O Voznyy, D Zhitomirsky… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) optoelectronics offers a compelling combination of low‐cost,
large‐area solution processing, and spectral tunability through the quantum size effect …

Metal-free Inorganic Ligands for Colloidal Nanocrystals: S2–, HS, Se2–, HSe, Te2–, HTe, TeS32–, OH, and NH2 as Surface Ligands

A Nag, MV Kovalenko, JS Lee, W Liu… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
All-inorganic colloidal nanocrystals were synthesized by replacing organic capping ligands
on chemically synthesized nanocrystals with metal-free inorganic ions such as S2-, HS …

Recent developments in semiconductor thermoelectric physics and materials

A Shakouri - Annual review of materials research, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Recent advances in semiconductor thermoelectric physics and materials are reviewed. A
key requirement to improve the energy conversion efficiency is to increase the Seebeck …