Designing hybrid architectures for advanced thermoelectric materials

In recent decades, thermoelectric materials have garnered extensive interest and shown promising applications in energy conversion. The present review demonstrates the recent progress in the design of advanced hybrid thermoelectric nanocomposites mainly prepared by solution synthesis. Then the state...

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Published in:Materials chemistry frontiers 2017-12, Vol.1 (12), p.2457-2473
Main Authors: Zheng, Yun, Luo, Yubo, Du, Chengfeng, Zhu, Beibei, Liang, Qinghua, Hng, Huey Hoon, Hippalgaonkar, Kedar, Xu, Jianwei, Yan, Qingyu
Format: Article
Language:English
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Energy conversion
Nanocomposites
Power factor
Synthesis
Thermal conductivity
Thermoelectric materials
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Summary:In recent decades, thermoelectric materials have garnered extensive interest and shown promising applications in energy conversion. The present review demonstrates the recent progress in the design of advanced hybrid thermoelectric nanocomposites mainly prepared by solution synthesis. Then the state-of-the-art strategies have been discussed for either enhancing the power factor or reducing the thermal conductivity. In some cases, the obtained peak ZT values are comparable to or superior to those of the traditional solid-state synthesized materials. Finally, we highlight the current challenges and future opportunities in the solution-synthesized thermoelectric nanocomposites. The recent advances in solution-synthesized thermoelectric materials with hybrid architectures have been briefly summarized.
ISSN:2052-1537
2052-1537
DOI:10.1039/c7qm00306d