Exploiting the fraternal twin nature of thermoelectrics and topological insulators in Zintl phases as a tool for engineering new efficient thermoelectric generators
Michael O. Ogunbunmi, Svilen Bobev
Abstract
This review article presents how similar material features found in topological insulators and thermoelectrics can be leveraged to efficiently decouple electronic and phonon transports in order to improve thermoelectric figure of merit zT .
Topics & Concepts
Thermoelectric materialsThermoelectric effectMaterials scienceTopological insulatorFigure of meritPhononEngineering physicsTopology (electrical circuits)NanotechnologyCondensed matter physicsOptoelectronicsElectrical engineeringPhysicsEngineeringThermodynamicsTopological Materials and PhenomenaAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesGraphene research and applications