High-performance bulk thermoelectric materials and devices

• 来源期刊: 中国科学基金（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2016,（4）
• 页码范围: 67-80
• 页数: 14页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.16262/j.cnki.1005-0841.2016.04.002

摘要

Thermoelectric technology has intrigued wide-spread interests with a direct conversion between electricity and heat.The study on thermoelectric materials ultimately comes down to improving electrical properties and reducing lattice thermal conductivity,thus leading to a considerable thermoelectric figure of merit (zT).In this paper,we summarize our recent progress in skutterudites,diamond-like compounds,liquid-like materials,thermoelectric critical phenomena and mosaic crystals,and thermoelectric devices.The significant improvement in thermoelectric materials and devices greatly promotes thermoelectric technology as an important role in future energy solution.