New Trends in Thermoelectric Materials and Thin Films
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2022) | Viewed by 12469
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermoelectric materials; powder metallurgy; mechanical alloying; thin film; thermal property; electrical property
2. Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8671, Japan
Interests: thermoelectrics; magnetism; thermal conductivity; inorganic materials
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Dear Colleagues,
In the context of accelerated energy demand and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, efficient utilization of clean and renewable energy has attracted extensive interest in the last two decades. Thermoelectric power generation (TEG) is capable of directly converting waste heat into electricity and could play a vital role in energy harvesting. Thermoelectric devices show unique advantages of having no moving parts or pollutants, being lightweight, and having high reliability and simplicity. Recently, the Internet of Things (IoT) has experienced explosive growth and has the potential to transform all aspects of modern life. Since the power consumption of a single IoT node is very small (micro-scale watts (or joules)), thermoelectric thin film could be an intuitive and efficient candidate for powering IoT nodes via energy harvesting from body heat, waste heat, or unutilized heat and may shape the power that supplies electronics in the near future.
We have witnessed remarkable progress in enhancing thermoelectric performance through electron and phonon engineering, leading to the discovery of some new high-performance compounds as well as the successful fabrication of high-efficiency modules. Material scientists, chemists, and physicists are also attempting some new strategies to enrich this interesting field. Therefore, this Special Issue will focus on the recent advances and new trends in thermoelectric materials and thin films, ranging from material study to device development.
We kindly invite you to submit a manuscript, or manuscripts, for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Zihang Liu
Prof. Takao Mori
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermoelectric materials
- thermoelectric devices
- thermoelectric thin films
- first principles calculations
- thermoelectric energy harvesting
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