New Insights into Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Physics General".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 92
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ability of thermoelectric (TE) materials to convert thermal energy to electricity and vice versa highlights them as a promising candidate for sustainable energy applications. TE materials provide a solid-state solution in waste heat recovery and refrigeration. During the past few decades, considerable effort has been devoted to improving the performance of TE materials and low-cost manufacturing approaches, which requires optimizing multiple interrelated properties. A fundamental understanding of the interaction processes between the various energy carriers, such as electrons and phonons, is critical for advances in developing TE materials with high merit. TE devices can improve fuel efficiency and provide robust alternative energy supply in multiple applications by collecting wasted heat, therefore assisting in finding new energy solutions. Developing high-performance TE devices, such as wearable devices, can broaden the market of TE applications.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish a set of papers that typify insightful and influential original articles or reviews on topics such as high-performance TE materials (organic and inorganic), 3D printing of TE devices (screen printing, extrusion-based printing, inkjet printing, aerosol jet printing), data-driven approaches for TE materials discovery, synthesis of TE materials, postprocessing of TE materials, and stretchable and flexible TE devices. All papers in this Special Issue will be published in a printed book edition after the deadline and will be extensively promoted.
Dr. Mortaza Saeidi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thermoelectric generators
- energy conversion
- high-performance thermoelectric materials
- synthesis of TE materials
- thermoelectric device manufacturing
- 3D printing of thermoelectric devices
- data-driven approaches for thermoelectric materials
- thermoelectric properties measurement
- postprocessing of TE materials
