Search Results - "Liu, Zihang"
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Size effect in thermoelectric materials
Published in npj quantum materials (09-12-2016)“…Thermoelectric applications have attracted increasing interest recently due to its capability of converting waste heat into electricity without hazardous…”
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Maximizing the performance of n-type Mg3Bi2 based materials for room-temperature power generation and thermoelectric cooling
Published in Nature communications (02-03-2022)“…Although the thermoelectric effect was discovered around 200 years ago, the main application in practice is thermoelectric cooling using the traditional Bi 2…”
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High thermoelectric cooling performance of n-type Mg3Bi2-based materials
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (02-08-2019)“…Thrifty thermoelectric coolingCurrently available thermoelectric devices for cooling rely on expensive bismuth telluride. Mao et al. systematically developed a…”
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Discovery of TaFeSb-based half-Heuslers with high thermoelectric performance
Published in Nature communications (17-01-2019)“…Discovery of thermoelectric materials has long been realized by the Edisonian trial and error approach. However, recent progress in theoretical calculations,…”
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Improved thermoelectric performance of GeTe via efficient yttrium doping
Published in Applied physics letters (18-01-2021)“…Optimization of the carrier concentration by doping/alloying is a key prerequisite for improving thermoelectric performance. In reality, it is, however,…”
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Design of High‐Performance Disordered Half‐Heusler Thermoelectric Materials Using 18‐Electron Rule
Published in Advanced functional materials (01-11-2019)“…Ternary half‐Heusler (HH) alloys display intriguing functionalities ranging from thermoelectric to magnetic and topological properties. For thermoelectric…”
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Grain Boundary Engineering for Achieving High Thermoelectric Performance in n‐Type Skutterudites
Published in Advanced energy materials (05-07-2017)“…Grain or phase boundaries play a critical role in the carrier and phonon transport in bulk thermoelectric materials. Previous investigations about controlling…”
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Phase-transition temperature suppression to achieve cubic GeTe and high thermoelectric performance by Bi and Mn codoping
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22-05-2018)“…Germanium telluride (GeTe)-based materials, which display intriguing functionalities, have been intensively studied from both fundamental and technological…”
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Discovery of ZrCoBi based half Heuslers with high thermoelectric conversion efficiency
Published in Nature communications (27-06-2018)“…Thermoelectric materials are capable of converting waste heat into electricity. The dimensionless figure-of-merit (ZT), as the critical measure for the…”
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Manipulation of ionized impurity scattering for achieving high thermoelectric performance in n-type Mg₃Sb₂-based materials
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-10-2017)“…Achieving higher carrier mobility plays a pivotal role for obtaining potentially high thermoelectric performance. In principle, the carrier mobility is…”
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Large thermoelectric power factor from crystal symmetry-protected non-bonding orbital in half-Heuslers
Published in Nature communications (30-04-2018)“…Modern society relies on high charge mobility for efficient energy production and fast information technologies. The power factor of a material—the combination…”
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Extraordinary thermoelectric performance in n-type manganese doped Mg3Sb2 Zintl: High band degeneracy, tuned carrier scattering mechanism and hierarchical microstructure
Published in Nano energy (01-10-2018)“…Zintl phases are ideal candidates for thermoelectric applications due to their rich chemistry and structural complexity. However, the persistent p-type…”
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Synergistic coupling of lamellar MoSe2 and SnO2 nanoparticles via chemical bonding at interface for stable and high-power sodium-ion capacitors
Published in Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) (15-12-2018)“…MoSe2/SnO2 composite with Se-O bonding (O-MoSe2/SnO2) at the interface was synthesized and investigated as an anode for sodium-ion batteries and hybrid…”
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Shaping the role of germanium vacancies in germanium telluride: metastable cubic structure stabilization, band structure modification, and stable N-type conduction
Published in NPG Asia materials (02-10-2020)“…Understanding and controlling point defects in semiconductors are essential for developing advanced electronic and optoelectronic devices. Germanium telluride…”
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Thermoelectric properties of materials near the band crossing line in Mg2Sn–Mg2Ge–Mg2Si system
Published in Acta materialia (01-01-2016)“…Thermoelectric properties of materials with compositions on and near the band crossing line connecting Mg2Sn0.765Ge0.22Sb0.015 and Mg2Sn0.685Si0.3Sb0.015 in…”
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The microscopic origin of low thermal conductivity for enhanced thermoelectric performance of Yb doped MgAgSb
Published in Acta materialia (15-04-2017)“…An in-depth understanding of the origin of low lattice thermal conductivity κlat is considered to be the prerequisite for developing and designing high…”
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Defect Engineering for Realizing High Thermoelectric Performance in n‑Type Mg3Sb2‑Based Materials
Published in ACS energy letters (13-10-2017)“…Point defects, which scatter electronic carriers as well as phonons, play a vital role in the transport properties of thermoelectric materials. Therefore,…”
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Significant off-stoichiometry effect leading to the N-type conduction and ferromagnetic properties in titanium doped Fe2VAl thin films
Published in Acta materialia (01-11-2020)“…Thermoelectric thin films are of great interest for self-powering Internet of Things (IoT) nodes via energy harvesting. Heusler-type Fe2VAl attracts some…”
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Doping strategy in metavalently bonded materials for advancing thermoelectric performance
Published in Nature communications (27-09-2024)“…Metavalent bonding is a unique bonding mechanism responsible for exceptional properties of materials used in thermoelectric, phase-change, and optoelectronic…”
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Performance boost for bismuth telluride thermoelectric generator via barrier layer based on low Young’s modulus and particle sliding
Published in Nature communications (06-12-2023)“…The lack of desirable diffusion barrier layers currently prohibits the long-term stable service of bismuth telluride thermoelectric devices in low-grade waste…”
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