Physics and technology of thermoelectric materials and devices

A Dadhich, M Saminathan, K Kumari… - Journal of Physics D …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The continuous depletion of fossil fuels and the increasing demand for eco-friendly and
sustainable energy sources have prompted researchers to look for alternative energy …

Nanostructured metal sulphides synthesized by microwave-assisted heating: A review

DK Becerra-Paniagua, EB Díaz-Cruz… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
In recent decades, nanostructured metal sulphides (MSs) have gained great interest due to
their extensive applications ranging from optoelectronic devices to biomedical applications …

First-order transition in LK-99 containing Cu2S

S Zhu, W Wu, Z Li, J Luo - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Lee et al. report that the compound LK-99, with a chemical formula of Pb 10-x Cu x (PO 4) 6
O (0.9< x< 1.1), exhibits room temperature superconductivity under ambient pressure. In this …

Realizing zT>2 in Environment‐Friendly Monoclinic Cu2S—Tetragonal Cu1.96S Nano‐Phase Junctions for Thermoelectrics

X Li, Y Lou, K Jin, L Fu, P Xu, Z Shi… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐junction nanocomposites, made of nanograins with the same composition but
different phases, offer a platform to optimize the physiochemical performance of materials …

First order transition in PbCu(PO)O () containing CuS

S Zhu, W Wu, Z Li, J Luo - arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.04353, 2023 - arxiv.org
Lee et al. reported that the compound LK99, with a chemical formula of Pb $ _ {10-x} $ Cu $
_x $(PO $ _4 $) $ _6 $ O ($0.9< x< 1.1$), exhibits room-temperature superconductivity …

Thermoelectric performance of hydrothermally synthesized micro/nano Cu2-xS

Z Yue, W Zhou, X Ji, Y Wang, F Guo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the state-of-the-art thermoelectric materials, copper sulfides (Cu 2 S) have been
predicted as promising thermoelectric materials due to their low intrinsic thermal …

Influence of DC and AC current in the SPS sintering process on homogeneity of thermoelectric properties of Cu2S and Cu2Se

P Nieroda, MJ Kruszewski, J Leszczyński, K Mars… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 Se and Cu 2 S belong in recent years to the most intensively studied
thermoelectric materials, due to a very high values of the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT …

Recent advances, challenges, and perspective of copper‐based liquid‐like thermoelectric chalcogenides: a review

A Basit, J Xin, G Murtaza, L Wei, A Hameed, W Guoyu… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a group of emerging liquid‐like thermoelectric materials for waste heat recovery into
useful energy, di‐chalcogenides Cu2 (S, Se, Te) have been considered as superionic …

A Flash Vacuum‐Induced Reaction in Preparing High Performance Thermoelectric Cu2S

Y Yu, D Yang, J Li, M Zhang, H Luo… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Synthesis of high‐performance thermoelectric (TE) materials with tunable compositions and
nanostructures normally require sophisticated and high‐cost methods, such as high …

Decomposition of sulfide phases and subsequent matte collection in the black top of a platinum group metal smelter

O Rivera Li Kao, A Garbers-Craig - Mineral Processing and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study explored, on a laboratory scale, how matte separates from the gangue in the
black top of a PGM smelter. Two PGM concentrates, one with high sulfide content (17.3 …