title: Engineering Nanostructural Routes for Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance: Bulk to Nanoscale.
abstract: Thermoelectricity is a very important phenomenon, especially its significance in heat-electricity conversion. If thermoelectric devices can be effectively applied to the recovery of the renewable energies, such as waste heat and solar energy, the energy shortage, and global warming issues may be greatly relieved. This review focusses recent developments on the thermoelectric performance of a low-dimensional material, bulk nanostructured materials, conventional bulk materials etc. Particular emphasis is given on, how the nanostructure in nanostructured composites, confinement effects in one-dimensional nanowires and doping effects in conventional bulk composites plays an important role in ZT enhancement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua UniversityHsinchu, Taiwan; Institute of Physics, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan; Nano Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Institute of Physics, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Rajeshkumar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohanraman
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan; Nano Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Institute of Physics, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan; Department of Physics, National Taiwan UniversityTaipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tian-Wey
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan; Nano Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Institute of Physics, Academia SinicaTaipei, Taiwan; Department of Physics, National Taiwan UniversityTaipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Te-Chih
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hsiung
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Electronics and Telecommunication, Indonesian Institutes of Sciences Badung, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Dedi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amada
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ping-Chung
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Min-Nan
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yang-Yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: AgSbTe2; Bi2Te3; CoSb3; PbTe; doping; nanoprecipitate; nanowires; thermoelectrics