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Research progress on processing of thermoelectric materials by mechanical alloying combined with spark plasma sintering

Fenmo yejin jishu, 2021
The great progress has been made in the research of the thermoelectric (TE) materials in recent years. The thermoelectric properties of the traditional Bi2Te3 and PbTe based materials have been improved, and a series of the original high-performance ...
SHI Jian-lei, PEI Jun, ZHANG Bo-ping, LI Jing-feng   +3 more
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Controlled construction of flexible thermoelectric composite films with submicron porous structure

Shenzhen Daxue xuebao. Ligong ban, 2023
To study polymer-based films with excellent flexibility and thermoelectric properties, we controllably construct poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-tosylate/polyether sulfone (PEDOT-Tos/PES) thermoelectric composite films with submicron porous structure ...
LIANG Lirong, WEI Shasha, DENG Liang, CHEN Guangming   +3 more
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Asymmetrical Transport Distribution Function: Skewness as a Key to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance

Research, 2022
How to achieve high thermoelectric figure of merit is still a scientific challenge. By solving the Boltzmann transport equation, thermoelectric properties can be written as integrals of a single function, the transport distribution function (TDF).
Jin-Cheng Zheng
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Review of the Nanostructuring and Doping Strategies for High-Performance ZnO Thermoelectric Materials

Crystals, 2022
Unique properties of thermoelectric materials enable the conversion of waste heat to electrical energies. Among the reported materials, Zinc oxide (ZnO) gained attention due to its superior thermoelectric performance.
Suraya Sulaiman, Izman Sudin, Uday M. Basheer Al-Naib, Muhammad Firdaus Omar   +3 more
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Carrier mobility does matter for enhancing thermoelectric performance

APL Materials, 2020
Excellent thermoelectric materials need both high carrier transport properties and low phonon transport properties simultaneously, which make it challenging to enhance thermoelectric performance. However, recent progress shows that sub-nanostructures can
Yongxin Qin, Yu Xiao, Li-Dong Zhao
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Phase-Boundary Mapping to Engineer Defects in Thermoelectric Materials

PRX Energy, 2022
The optimization of thermoelectric materials for use in various applications, such as spacecraft power generation, waste heat recovery, and Peltier coolers, requires a careful optimization of material properties.
Leah Borgsmiller, Duncan Zavanelli, G. Jeffrey Snyder   +2 more
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The effect of biaxial strain on the thermoelectric properties of two-dimensional layered MoSe2 [PDF]

AIP Advances
Two-dimensional layered MoSe2 demonstrates exceptional potential for thermoelectric conversion and waste heat recovery applications, owing to its superior electrical transport properties derived from structural plasticity and the high electronegativity ...
Chengjiang Wang, Pengdi Zhang, Yasha Li, Feiyang Xie, Xiangjia Liu, Xuze Wang   +5 more
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Thermoelectric properties study on the BN nanoribbons via BoltzTrap first-principles

AIP Advances, 2021
Thermoelectric materials have attracted the attention of scientists because they directly convert waste heat of electric energy into valuable electrical energy.
Xiangqian Jiang, Chuncheng Ban, Ling Li, Chong Wang, Weiping Chen, Xiaowei Liu   +5 more
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ZnSe Nanoparticles for Thermoelectrics: Impact of Cu-Doping

Crystals, 2023
The present study investigates the impact of copper doping on the thermoelectric properties of zinc selenide (ZnSe) nanoparticles synthesized by the hydrothermal method.
Valeria Demontis, Muhammad Isram, Najaf Abbas Khan, Nasir Amin, Khalid Mahmood, Francesco Rossella   +5 more
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General Approach for Composite Thermoelectric Systems with Thermal Coupling: The Case of a Dual Thermoelectric Cooler

Entropy, 2015
In this work, we show a general approach for inhomogeneous composite thermoelectric systems, and as an illustrative case, we consider a dual thermoelectric cooler. This composite cooler consists of two thermoelectric modules (TEMs) connected thermally in
Cuautli Yanehowi Flores-Niño, Miguel Angel Olivares-Robles, Igor Loboda   +2 more
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