More information: Dongyang Wang et al, Multi-heterojunctioned plastics with high thermoelectric figure of merit, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07724-2 Provided by Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

The ability of thermoelectric materials to convert heat into electricity ... Thermoelectric performance is usually quoted in terms of a figure of merit, ZT, which is proportional to the operating ...

Nanocrystalline thermoelectric materials exhibit higher thermoelectric figures of merit due to reduced thermal conductivity and enhanced electrical conductivity. Nanocrystalline materials play a ...

"High-entropy engineering can be incorporated with conventional approaches to improve the figure of merit further in any class of thermoelectric materials."' The new thermoelectric material ...

For example, controlling the grain boundary structure and composition in thermoelectric materials can enhance the figure of merit by reducing thermal conductivity while maintaining high electrical ...

This transverse magneto-thermoelectric phenomenon ... The team demonstrated that the dimensionless figure of merit for ANE in the artificial material was improved by more than one order, compared ...

nanocomposite sintered materials and Si-based nanostructure-controlled thin films, through demonstration and practice of the thermoelectric strain engineering technique, we enhance the figure-of-merit ...