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N-Type Oxide Thermoelectrics Via Visual Search Strategies
, 2016 We discuss and present search strategies for finding new thermoelectric compositions based on first principles electronic structure and transport calculations.
Fan, Xiaofeng +5 more
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Plastic/Ductile Bulk 2D van der Waals Single‐Crystalline SnSe2 for Flexible Thermoelectrics
Advanced Science, 2022 The recently discovered ductile/plastic inorganic semiconductors pave a new avenue toward flexible thermoelectrics. However, the power factors of current ductile/plastic inorganic semiconductors are usually low (below 5 µW cm−1 K−2) as compared with ...
Tingting Deng +7 more
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Promising thermoelectric performance in van der Waals layered SnSe2 [PDF]
, 2017 SnSe as a lead-free IV–VI semiconductor, has attracted intensive attention for its potential thermoelectric applications, since it is less toxic and much cheaper than conventional PbTe and PbSe thermoelectrics.
Chen, Z +10 more
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APL Materials, 2020 Since the first-generation three-dimensional topological insulators were discovered in classic thermoelectric systems, the exploration of novel topological materials for advanced thermoelectric energy conversion has attracted increasing attention.
Chenguang Fu, Yan Sun, Claudia Felser
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Thermodynamics of Thermoelectric Phenomena and Applications [PDF]
, 2011 Fifty years ago, the optimization of thermoelectric devices was analyzed by considering the relation between optimal performances and local entropy production. Entropy is produced by the irreversible processes in thermoelectric devices.
Goupil, Christophe +4 more
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Zintl Chemistry for Designing High Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials [PDF]
, 2010 Zintl phases and related compounds are promising thermoelectric materials; for instance, high zT has been found in Yb_(14)MnSb_(11), clathrates, and the filled skutterudites.
May, Andrew F. +2 more
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Giant polarization ripple in transverse pyroelectricity
Nature Communications, 2023 Pyroelectricity promises viable heat harvesting and sensing. Here, the authors identify transverse polarization ripple in pyroelectrics via heat localization and propagation decoupling and offer competitive power output to solar thermoelectrics.
Yi Zhou +12 more
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Nature Communications, 2022 Electrons and phonons give rise to important properties of materials. The machine learning framework Mat2Spec vastly accelerates their computational characterization, enabling discovery of materials for thermoelectrics and solar energy technologies.
Shufeng Kong +5 more
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Ultrahigh transverse thermoelectric power factor in flexible Weyl semimetal WTe2
Nature Communications, 2022 Flexible thermoelectrics are of great interest with increasing demand of flexible and wearable electronics. Here, the authors demonstrate that the Weyl semimetal, WTe2, has a high Nernst power factor and great mechanical flexibility.
Yu Pan +5 more
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Optimizing Thermoelectric Performance of Tellurium via Doping with Antimony and Selenium
Molecules, 2023 Forming solid solutions is one of the most effective strategies to suppress the thermal conductivity of thermoelectric materials. However, the accompanying increase in impurity ion scattering usually results in an undesirable loss in hall mobility ...
Manman Yang +6 more
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