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ENTROPY
Volume 21, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/e21111058
Keywords
thermoelectric materials; energy harvesting; energy materials
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) [325156807]
- Open Access fund of Leibniz University Hannover
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Energy harvesting with thermoelectric materials has been investigated with increasing attention over recent decades. However, the vast number of various material classes makes it difficult to maintain an overview of the best candidates. Thus, we revitalize Ioffe plots as a useful tool for making the thermoelectric properties of a material obvious and easily comparable. These plots enable us to consider not only the efficiency of the material by the figure of merit zT but also the power factor and entropy conductivity as separate parameters. This is especially important for high-temperature applications, where a critical look at the impact of the power factor and thermal conductivity is mandatory. Thus, this review focuses on material classes for high-temperature applications and emphasizes the best candidates within the material classes of oxides, oxyselenides, Zintl phases, half-Heusler compounds, and SiGe alloys. An overall comparison between these material classes with respect to either a high efficiency or a high power output is discussed.
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