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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Energy Conversion
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Growing scarcity of fossil fuels necessitates efficient energy utilization.
  • Thermoelectric materials offer a pathway for converting waste heat into electrical energy.
  • Bulk thermoelectric materials face challenges due to coupled transport properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review strategies for optimizing thermoelectric materials via solution-based synthesis.
  • To explore methods for decoupling electronic and phonon transport.
  • To address challenges and propose future research directions in nanostructured thermoelectrics.

Main Methods:

  • Solution-based synthesis of nanostructured thermoelectric materials.
  • Regulation of grain size, morphology, and surface ligands.
  • Exploitation of grain boundary, interface, and metastable phase effects.

Main Results:

  • Nanostructuring enables decoupling of electronic and phonon transport.
  • Ligand management strategies facilitate novel material configurations.
  • Mitigation strategies for oxidation and grain coarsening are identified.

Conclusions:

  • Solution-based synthesis of nanostructured materials is key to advancing thermoelectric performance.
  • Machine learning can accelerate the discovery of new thermoelectric composites.
  • Further research should focus on advanced synthesis and characterization techniques.