Room-temperature thermoelectric materials: Challenges and a new paradigm

• Published in: Journal of Materiomics Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 427 - 436
• Main Authors: Han, Zhijia, Li, Jing-Wei, Jiang, Feng, Xia, Jiating, Zhang, Bo-Ping, Li, Jing-Feng, Liu, Weishu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.03.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Bi2Te3; Chemical bond engineering; Mg3Sb2; Thermoelectric materials; Bi2Te3; Thermoelectric materials; Mg3Sb2; Chemical bond engineering

Room-temperature thermoelectric materials provide promising solutions for energy harvesting from the environment, and deliver a maintenance-free power supply for the internet-of-things (IoTs). The currently available Bi2Te3 family discovered in the 1950s, still dominates industrial applications, how...