Nanostructured thermoelectric materials: Current research
and future challenge |
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Authors: | Zhi-Gang Chen Guang Han Lei Yang Lina Cheng and Jin Zou |
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Institution: | 1. Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia 2. Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia ;Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia |
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Abstract: | The field of thermoelectrics has long been recognized as a potentially transformative
power generation technology and the field is now growing steadily due to their ability to convert
heat directly into electricity and to develop cost-effective, pollution-free forms of energy
conversion. Of various types of thermoelectric materials, nanostructured materials have shown
the most promise for commercial use because of their extraordinary thermoelectric performances.
This article aims to summarize the present progress of nanostructured thermoelectrics and intends
to understand and explain the underpinnings of the innovative breakthroughs in the last decade or
so. We believed that recent achievements will augur the possibility for thermoelectric power
generation and cooling, and discuss several future directions which could lead to new exciting next
generation of nanostructured thermoelectrics. |
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Keywords: | Nanostructured
thermoelectric materials
Thermoelectrics
Power generation |
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