Advances in Thermoelectric Materials and Technologies
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2024) | Viewed by 2568
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced functional materials; nanotechnology; renewable energy; coating and thin film technology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thermoelectric (TE) technology exploits the Seebeck and Peltier effects in converting heat into electricity and vice versa. TE technology has great potential to provide a promising solution to the current energy and environmental crisis. Heat is produced by almost all industrial and manufacturing processes, including those related to automotives, metal production, construction, fertilizers, agriculture, product processing and electric power generation. Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are capable of converting the resulting heat into useful electrical power with the additional advantages of having no moving parts and being lightweight, compact and simple. TEGs exhibit resilient potential to generate power outputs from microwatts to KW and potentially to MW. Furthermore, the Internet of Things (IoT), which has been transforming all aspects of modern life, may also utilize the capabilities of TEG systems. The untapped potential of concentrated solar energy instigates further research prospects. However, when it comes to practical applications, the maximum potential of TE technology is limited by many scientific and engineering problems.
This Special Issue seeks original research and review articles in the latest TE and TEG research, including high-performance TE materials, efficient and reliable device design and integration, and practical applications of TE in various fields. Topics covered include but are not limited to:
- Advance thermoelectric materials—synthesis and characterization
- Novel thermoelectric devices—design, engineering, and integration
- Strategies to enhance thermoelectric efficiency and performance
- Machine learning in thermoelectric materials research
- Machine learning approaches for green energy extraction for sustainable development
- Recent thermoelectric system and applications
- Thermoelectric applications in sustainable energy area
- Concentrated solar thermal thermoelectric design
Dr. Akhtar Naureen
Dr. Huey Hoon Hng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermoelectric materials
- thermoelectric devices
- sustainable energy harvesting
- renewable energy area application
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