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Vacancy modulation dramatically enhances the thermoelectric performance of InTe single crystal

Journal of Materiomics
InTe single crystals have demonstrated great promise in the field of thermoelectric materials, particularly when oriented along the [110] direction. This specific crystal orientation exhibits higher electronic conductivity and lower thermal conductivity ...
Jianghe Feng, Peijian Lin, Binbin Jiang, Jianmin Yang, Mingyuan Hu, Abid Ahmad, Lin Xie, Jiaqing He   +7 more
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Bottom-Up Engineering Strategies for High-Performance Thermoelectric Materials

Nano-Micro Letters, 2021
The recent advancements in thermoelectric materials are largely credited to two factors, namely established physical theories and advanced materials engineering methods.
Qiang Zhu, Suxi Wang, Xizu Wang, Ady Suwardi, Ming Hui Chua, Xiang Yun Debbie Soo, Jianwei Xu   +6 more
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Organic Thermoelectric Materials as the Waste Heat Remedy

Molecules, 2022
The primary reason behind the search for novel organic materials for application in thermoelectric devices is the toxicity of inorganic substances and the difficulties associated with their processing for the production of thin, flexible layers.
Szymon Gogoc, Przemyslaw Data
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Topological insulators and thermoelectric materials

, 2012
Topological insulators (TIs) are a new quantum state of matter which have gapless surface states inside the bulk energy gap. Starting with the discovery of two dimensional TIs, the HgTe-based quantum wells, many new topological materials have been ...
Casper, Frederick, Chadov, Stanislav, Felser, Claudia, Müchler, Lukas, Yan, Binghai   +4 more
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Review on texturization effects in thermoelectric oxides

Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2020
Sustainable energy sources and energy-harvesting technologies have been researched for decades. Thermoelectric conversion is currently one of the primary foci in this area.
Rishi Prasad, Shekhar D. Bhame
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Thermoelectric generation based on spin Seebeck effects

, 2016
The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) refers to the generation of a spin current as a result of a temperature gradient in magnetic materials including insulators. The SSE is applicable to thermoelectric generation because the thermally generated spin current can
Adachi, Hiroto, Ishida, Masahiko, Kikkawa, Takashi, Kirihara, Akihiro, Maekawa, Sadamichi, Saitoh, Eiji, Uchida, Ken-ichi, Yorozu, Shinichi   +7 more
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Low-Symmetry Rhombohedral GeTe Thermoelectrics [PDF]

, 2018
High-symmetry thermoelectric materials usually have the advantage of very high band degeneracy, while low-symmetry thermoelectrics have the advantage of very low lattice thermal conductivity.
Chen, L, Chen, Y, Chen, Z, Faghaninia, A, Jain, A, Li, J, Li, W, Lin, S, Pei, Y, Shen, J, Snyder, GJ, Witting, IT, Zhang, X   +12 more
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The thermoelectric working fluid: thermodynamics and transport [PDF]

, 2016
Thermoelectric devices are heat engines, which operate as generators or refrigerators using the conduction electrons as a working fluid. The thermoelectric heat-to-work conversion efficiency has always been typically quite low, but much effort continues ...
Benenti, G., Goupil, C., Ouerdane, H.
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Advances in bismuth-telluride-based thermoelectric devices: Progress and challenges

eScience, 2023
By effectively converting waste heat into electricity, thermoelectric materials and devices can provide an alternative approach to tackle the energy crisis.
Tianyi Cao, Xiao-Lei Shi, Meng Li, Boxuan Hu, Wenyi Chen, Wei-Di Liu, Wanyu Lyu, Jennifer MacLeod, Zhi-Gang Chen   +8 more
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Ca_3AlSb_3: an inexpensive, non-toxic thermoelectric material for waste heat recovery [PDF]

, 2011
Thermoelectric materials directly convert thermal energy into electrical energy, offering a promising solid-state solution for waste heat recovery.
Flage-Larsen, Espen, Snyder, G. Jeffrey, Toberer, Eric S., Zeier, Wolfgang G., Zevalkink, Alexandra   +4 more
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