Nanostructures for Thermoelectric Applications: Synthesis, Growth Mechanism, and Property Studies
- 28 April 2010
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 22 (17), 1959-1962
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200903812
Abstract
Both heterostructures and hollow nanostructures have been predicted as candidates with excellent thermoelectric performance. In this Research News areticle, recent advances with regard to synthetic strategies, growth mechanisms, and thermoelectric properties of one‐dimensional heterostructures (segmented and core/shell) and tubular nanostructures are reported. The thermoelectric property studies of Te/Bi core/shell heterostructured nanowires and Bi2Te3 nanotubes indicate that the Seebeck coefficient and thermal conductivity of these materials can be optimized to improve their thermoelectric performance. In addition, the current issues and future research directions for promising thermoelectric nanostructures will be discussed on the basis of these experimental results.This publication has 41 references indexed in Scilit:
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