Open AccessProgress and trend of PbTe based Thermoelectric Materials
Author(s) -
yeshiyuan Zhou
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2194/1/012006
Subject(s) - thermoelectric effect , thermoelectric materials , economic shortage , materials science , environmental pollution , engineering physics , thermoelectric generator , environmental science , engineering , physics , thermodynamics , environmental protection , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Energy shortage and environmental pollution have become severe problems that can not be ignored in every country. As a new energy conversion material, thermoelectric material can realize thermoelectric conversion with the advantages of safety, energy saving and environmental protection. This paper summarizes the progress of some PbTe based thermoelectric materials in recent ten years, including the influence of doping elements such as Na, S, Sr and I on their thermoelectric properties, and introduces a method to balance their mechanical and thermoelectric properties. It can be seen that PbTe based thermoelectric materials have good development and broad application prospects in the future.