A thermoelectric material is one kind of materials that can convert thermal energy into electrical energy (Fig. 36a) and has great potential for the application of waste energy collection and the development of portable, solid state, passively powered electronic systems.
A comprehensive review is given on the principles and advances in the development of thermoelectric materials suitable for energy harvesting power generation, ranging from organic and hybrid organic–inorganic to inorganic materials. Examples of design and applications are also presented. This article is part of the following collections: 1.
(12) Over the course of time, scholars have achieved notable advancements in the enhancement of materials and devices, resulting in the contemporary utilization of thermoelectric materials in several domains such as waste heat retrieval, power production, space exploration, and portable electronic gadgets, among other areas.
This review paper highlights the essential significance of thermoelectric materials in promoting energy sustainability and advancing technology, focusing on crucial aspects such as the thermoelectric figure-of-merit (ZT) and thermal conductivity.
Koumoto and coworkers have fabricated a thermoelectric module composed of hybrid TiS 2 /organic superlattice films and PEDOT:PSS film, as the n- and p-type materials, respectively. From 5 p-n pairs, they obtain a voltage output of 33 mV with a maximum power density of 250 μW/cm 2 under a temperature difference of 70 K [127, 128]. 4.
The efficiency of thermoelectric materials can be characterized by the figure-of-merit , where , and are the Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity, respectively, and T is the absolute temperature.
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A thermoelectric material is one kind of materials that can convert thermal energy into electrical energy (Fig. 36 a) and has great potential for the application of waste energy collection and the development of portable, solid state, passively powered electronic systems.
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