Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications
This review is an update of a previous review (A. J. Minnich, et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 466) published two years ago by some of the co-authors, focusing on progress made in thermoelectrics over the past two years on charge and heat carrier transport, strategies to improve the thermoelec...
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| author | Zebarjadi, M. Esfarjani, Keivan Dresselhaus, Mildred Ren, Z. F. Chen, Gang |
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| description | This review is an update of a previous review (A. J. Minnich, et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 466) published two years ago by some of the co-authors, focusing on progress made in thermoelectrics over the past two years on charge and heat carrier transport, strategies to improve the thermoelectric figure of merit, with new discussions on device physics and applications, and assessing challenges on these topics. Understanding of phonon transport in bulk materials has advanced significantly as the first-principles calculations are applied to thermoelectric materials, and experimental tools are being developed. Some new strategies have been developed to improve electron transport in thermoelectric materials. Fundamental questions on phonon and electron transport across interfaces and in thermoelectric materials remain. With thermoelectric materials reaching high ZT values well above one, the field is ready to take a step forward and go beyond the materials' figure of merit. Developing device contacts and module fabrication techniques, developing a platform for efficiency measurements, and identifying applications are becoming increasingly important for the future of thermoelectrics. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/868832022-10-01T19:12:49Z Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications Zebarjadi, M. Esfarjani, Keivan Dresselhaus, Mildred Ren, Z. F. Chen, Gang Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Chen, Gang Zebarjadi, M. Esfarjani, Keivan Dresselhaus, Mildred Chen, Gang This review is an update of a previous review (A. J. Minnich, et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 466) published two years ago by some of the co-authors, focusing on progress made in thermoelectrics over the past two years on charge and heat carrier transport, strategies to improve the thermoelectric figure of merit, with new discussions on device physics and applications, and assessing challenges on these topics. Understanding of phonon transport in bulk materials has advanced significantly as the first-principles calculations are applied to thermoelectric materials, and experimental tools are being developed. Some new strategies have been developed to improve electron transport in thermoelectric materials. Fundamental questions on phonon and electron transport across interfaces and in thermoelectric materials remain. With thermoelectric materials reaching high ZT values well above one, the field is ready to take a step forward and go beyond the materials' figure of merit. Developing device contacts and module fabrication techniques, developing a platform for efficiency measurements, and identifying applications are becoming increasingly important for the future of thermoelectrics. MIT Energy Initiative Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Award Number DE-FG02-09ER46577) United States. Dept. of Energy (DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-08ER46516) Robert Bosch GmbH 2014-05-08T20:05:41Z 2014-05-08T20:05:41Z 2012 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1754-5692 1754-5706 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86883 Zebarjadi, M., K. Esfarjani, M. S. Dresselhaus, Z. F. Ren, and G. Chen. “Perspectives on Thermoelectrics: From Fundamentals to Device Applications.” Energy & Environmental Science 5, no. 1 (2012): 5147. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8492-2261 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8530 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1ee02497c Energy & Environmental Science Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Royal Society of Chemistry Bolin Liao |
| spellingShingle | Zebarjadi, M. Esfarjani, Keivan Dresselhaus, Mildred Ren, Z. F. Chen, Gang Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications |
| title | Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications |
| title_full | Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications |
| title_fullStr | Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications |
| title_short | Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications |
| title_sort | perspectives on thermoelectrics from fundamentals to device applications |
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