A record thermoelectric efficiency in tellurium-free modules for low-grade waste heat recovery

Zhonglin Bu; Xinyue Zhang; Yixin Hu; Zhiwei Chen; Siqi Lin; Wen Li; Chong Xiao; Yanzhong Pei

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27916-y

Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

A record thermoelectric efficiency in tellurium-free modules for low-grade waste heat recovery

Zhonglin Bu,
Xinyue Zhang,
Yixin Hu,
Zhiwei Chen,
Siqi Lin,
Wen Li,
Chong Xiao,
Yanzhong Pei

Affiliations

Zhonglin Bu: Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji Univ.
Xinyue Zhang: Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji Univ.
Yixin Hu: Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji Univ.
Zhiwei Chen: Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji Univ.
Siqi Lin: Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji Univ.
Wen Li: Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji Univ.
Chong Xiao: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Yanzhong Pei: Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji Univ.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27916-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

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Thermoelectric materials for low-grade heat recovery applications are limited to Bi2Te3-based alloys containing expensive Te for decades. Here, the authors demonstrate on a module level, cheap antimonides could enable an efficiency not inferior to that of expensive tellurides.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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