Nanostructural thermoelectric materials and their performance
Kai-Xuan CHEN , Min-Shan LI , Dong-Chuan MO , Shu-Shen LYU
Front. Energy ›› 2018, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (1) : 97 -108.
Nanostructural thermoelectric materials and their performance
In this review, an attempt was made to introduce the traditional concepts and materials in thermoelectric application and the recent development in searching high-performance thermoelectric materials. Due to the use of nanostructural engineering, thermoelectric materials with a high figure of merit are designed, leading to their blooming application in the energy field. One dimensional nanotubes and nanoribbons, two-dimensional planner structures, nanocomposites, and heterostructures were summarized. In addition, the state-of-the-art theoretical calculation in the prediction of thermoelectric materials was also reviewed, including the molecular dynamics (MD), Boltzmann transport equation, and non-equilibrium Green’s function. The combination of experimental fabrication and first-principles prediction significantly promotes the discovery of new promising candidates in the thermoelectric field.
nanostructural / low-dimensional / thermoelectric material / figure of merit / first-principles
Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature
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