Also: tin selenide, SnSe, waste heat recovery, zT
Solid materials that turn heat directly into electricity, or electricity into cooling, with no moving parts.
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Values as stated in the cited paper's abstract.
| Property | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| SnSe ZT (923 K, b axis) | 2.6 ± 0.3 | Zhao 2014 |
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Bell reviewed thermoelectric systems for cooling, heating and turning waste heat into electricity, including uses in car seats and electronics cooling.
As reported in: Bell (2008). Cooling, Heating, Generating Power, and Recovering Waste Heat with Thermoelectric Systems. Science. doi:10.1126/science.1158899
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Snyder and Toberer reviewed strategies to raise thermopower and cut thermal conductivity in complex thermoelectric materials.
As reported in: Snyder, Toberer (2008). Complex thermoelectric materials. Nature Materials. doi:10.1038/nmat2090
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Zhao and colleagues reported a thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of 2.6 at 923 K in SnSe single crystals, due to ultralow thermal conductivity.
As reported in: Zhao, Lo, Zhang et al. (2014). Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature13184
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