Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures
Seeking for thermoelectric (TE) materials with high figure of merit (or ZT), which can directly converts low-grade wasted heat (400 to 500 K) into electricity, has been a big challenge. Inspired by the concept of multilayer thermionic devices, we propose and design a solid-state thermionic devices (...
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| author | Liang, Shi-Jun Liu, Bo Hu, Wei Zhou, Kun Ang, L. K. |
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| description | Seeking for thermoelectric (TE) materials with high figure of merit (or ZT), which can directly converts low-grade wasted heat (400 to 500 K) into electricity, has been a big challenge. Inspired by the concept of multilayer thermionic devices, we propose and design a solid-state thermionic devices (as a power generator or a refrigerator) in using van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure sandwiched between two graphene electrodes, to achieve high energy conversion efficiency in the temperature range of 400 to 500 K. The vdW heterostructure is composed of suitable multiple layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2 and WSe2. From our calculations, WSe2 and MoSe2 are identified as two ideal TMDs (using the reported experimental material’s properties), which can harvest waste heat at 400 K with efficiencies about 7% to 8%. To our best knowledge, this design is the first in combining the advantages of graphene electrodes and TMDs to function as a thermionic-based device. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/836412023-03-04T17:15:58Z Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures Liang, Shi-Jun Liu, Bo Hu, Wei Zhou, Kun Ang, L. K. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Condensed-matter physics Devices for energy harvesting Seeking for thermoelectric (TE) materials with high figure of merit (or ZT), which can directly converts low-grade wasted heat (400 to 500 K) into electricity, has been a big challenge. Inspired by the concept of multilayer thermionic devices, we propose and design a solid-state thermionic devices (as a power generator or a refrigerator) in using van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure sandwiched between two graphene electrodes, to achieve high energy conversion efficiency in the temperature range of 400 to 500 K. The vdW heterostructure is composed of suitable multiple layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as MoS2, MoSe2, WS2 and WSe2. From our calculations, WSe2 and MoSe2 are identified as two ideal TMDs (using the reported experimental material’s properties), which can harvest waste heat at 400 K with efficiencies about 7% to 8%. To our best knowledge, this design is the first in combining the advantages of graphene electrodes and TMDs to function as a thermionic-based device. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Published version 2017-06-13T08:00:05Z 2019-12-06T15:27:19Z 2017-06-13T08:00:05Z 2019-12-06T15:27:19Z 2017 Journal Article Liang, S.-J., Liu, B., Hu, W., Zhou, K., & Ang, L. K. (2017). Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures. Scientific Reports, 7, 46211-. 2045-2322 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83641 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42678 10.1038/srep46211 en Scientific Reports © 2017 The Author(s) (Nature Publishing Group). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 9 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Condensed-matter physics Devices for energy harvesting Liang, Shi-Jun Liu, Bo Hu, Wei Zhou, Kun Ang, L. K. Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures |
| title | Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures |
| title_full | Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures |
| title_fullStr | Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures |
| title_short | Thermionic Energy Conversion Based on Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures |
| title_sort | thermionic energy conversion based on graphene van der waals heterostructures |
| topic | Condensed-matter physics Devices for energy harvesting |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83641 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42678 |
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