The bridge between the materials and devices of thermoelectric power generators
Abstract
BeyondZT, (ZT) engwas used as a direct indicator for thermoelectric performance to achieve a balance between material tuning and device reliability.
- Authors:
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- Department of Physics and The Texas Center for Superconductivity; University of Houston; Houston; USA
- Department of Physics and The Texas Center for Superconductivity; University of Houston; Houston; USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1388430
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Energy & Environmental Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Related Information: S3TEC partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Boston College; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-5692
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- solar (photovoltaic), solar (thermal), solid state lighting, phonons, thermal conductivity, thermoelectric, defects, mechanical behavior, charge transport, spin dynamics, materials and chemistry by design, optics, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (scalable processing)
Citation Formats
Kim, Hee Seok, Liu, Weishu, and Ren, Zhifeng. The bridge between the materials and devices of thermoelectric power generators. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1039/C6EE02488B.
Kim, Hee Seok, Liu, Weishu, & Ren, Zhifeng. The bridge between the materials and devices of thermoelectric power generators. United States. doi:10.1039/C6EE02488B.
Kim, Hee Seok, Liu, Weishu, and Ren, Zhifeng. Sun .
"The bridge between the materials and devices of thermoelectric power generators". United States. doi:10.1039/C6EE02488B.
@article{osti_1388430,
title = {The bridge between the materials and devices of thermoelectric power generators},
author = {Kim, Hee Seok and Liu, Weishu and Ren, Zhifeng},
abstractNote = {BeyondZT, (ZT)engwas used as a direct indicator for thermoelectric performance to achieve a balance between material tuning and device reliability.},
doi = {10.1039/C6EE02488B},
journal = {Energy & Environmental Science},
issn = {1754-5692},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {1}
}
DOI: 10.1039/C6EE02488B
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