High performance thermoelectrics and challenges for practical devices

• Main Authors: Yan, Qingyu, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials::Functional materials; Energy Conservation; Thermoelectric Equipment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159051
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thermoelectric materials can be potentially employed in solid-state devices that harvest waste heat and convert it to electrical power, thereby improving the efficiency of fuel utilisation. The spectacular increases in the efficiencies of these materials achieved over the past decade have raised exp...