Development and Applications of Thermoelectric Oxide Ceramics and Devices

Ping Zhang, Zhihao Lou, Lingyun Gong, Zhuozhao Wu, Xuanjie Chen, Weihang Xu, Yiqi Wang, Jie Xu (), Zinovi Dashevsky and Feng Gao ()
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Ping Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, MIIT Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, NPU-QMUL Joint Research Institute of Advanced Materials and Structure, USI Institute of Intelligence Materials and Structure, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Zhihao Lou: State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, MIIT Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, NPU-QMUL Joint Research Institute of Advanced Materials and Structure, USI Institute of Intelligence Materials and Structure, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Lingyun Gong: State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, MIIT Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, NPU-QMUL Joint Research Institute of Advanced Materials and Structure, USI Institute of Intelligence Materials and Structure, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Zhuozhao Wu: Queen Mary University of London Engineering School, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Xuanjie Chen: Queen Mary University of London Engineering School, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Weihang Xu: Queen Mary University of London Engineering School, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Yiqi Wang: Queen Mary University of London Engineering School, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Jie Xu: State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, MIIT Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, NPU-QMUL Joint Research Institute of Advanced Materials and Structure, USI Institute of Intelligence Materials and Structure, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Zinovi Dashevsky: Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
Feng Gao: State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, MIIT Key Laboratory of Radiation Detection Materials and Devices, NPU-QMUL Joint Research Institute of Advanced Materials and Structure, USI Institute of Intelligence Materials and Structure, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 11, 1-31

Abstract: Thermoelectric materials have gained wide attention to realize multilevel efficient energy management to alleviate the increasingly severe energy crisis. Oxide ceramics were well-explored as potential thermoelectric candidates because of their outstanding merits, including abundance, eco-friendliness, high-temperature stability, and chemical stability. In this work, we aim to provide a comprehensive summary of the diversified state-of-the-art oxide ceramics and establish the links between composition designing, preparation process, structural characteristics, and properties to summarize the underlying chemistry and physics mechanism of band engineering, doping, composited with the second phase, defects engineering, and entropy engineering. Furthermore, advanced device design and applications such as thermoelectric modules, miniature generators, sensors, and coolers were reviewed. Ultimately, the challenges and future perspective of oxides ceramics for the device design and thermoelectric applications in the development of energy harvesting technology have been prospected.

Keywords: thermoelectrics; oxides ceramics; ZT; electrical conductivity; phonon scattering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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