DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070909-104521. Oxide Thermoelectric Materials: A Nanostructuring Approach

Oxide Thermoelectric Materials: A Nanostructuring Approach

10.1146/annurev-matsci-070909-104521

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Abstract

Thermoelectric power generation technology is now expected to help overcome global warming and climate change issues by recovering and converting waste heat into electricity, thus improving the total efficiency of energy utilization and suppressing the consumption of fossil fuels that are supposedly the major sources of CO2 emission. Thermoelectric oxides, composed of nontoxic, naturally abundant, light, and cheap elements, are expected to play a vital role in extensive applications for waste heat recovery in an air atmosphere. This review article summarizes our previous and ongoing studies on SrTiO3-based materials and further discusses nanostructuring approaches for both SrTiO3 and CaMnO3 materials. ZnMnGaO4 is taken as a model case for constructing a self-assembled nanostructure. The present status of thermoelectric oxide module development is also introduced and discussed.

Bibliography

Koumoto, K., Wang, Y., Zhang, R., Kosuga, A., & Funahashi, R. (2010). Oxide Thermoelectric Materials: A Nanostructuring Approach. Annual Review of Materials Research, 40(1), 363â394.

Authors 5

Kunihito Koumoto (first)
Yifeng Wang (additional)
Ruizhi Zhang (additional)
Atsuko Kosuga (additional)
Ryoji Funahashi (additional)

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Created	15 years, 2 months ago (July 2, 2010, 7:12 p.m.)
Deposited	3 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 13, 2021, 5:14 p.m.)
Indexed	1 week, 2 days ago (Aug. 29, 2025, 5:50 a.m.)
Issued	15 years, 3 months ago (June 1, 2010)
Published	15 years, 3 months ago (June 1, 2010)
Published Print	15 years, 3 months ago (June 1, 2010)

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BibTeX

@article{Koumoto_2010, title={Oxide Thermoelectric Materials: A Nanostructuring Approach}, volume={40}, ISSN={1545-4118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-matsci-070909-104521}, DOI={10.1146/annurev-matsci-070909-104521}, number={1}, journal={Annual Review of Materials Research}, publisher={Annual Reviews}, author={Koumoto, Kunihito and Wang, Yifeng and Zhang, Ruizhi and Kosuga, Atsuko and Funahashi, Ryoji}, year={2010}, month=jun, pages={363–394} }

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