Thermoelectric materials and applications for energy harvesting power generation

Ioannis Petsagkourakis; Klas Tybrandt; Xavier Crispin; Isao Ohkubo; Norifusa Satoh; Takao Mori

doi:10.1080/14686996.2018.1530938

Thermoelectric materials and applications for energy harvesting power generation

Sci Technol Adv Mater. 2018 Nov 14;19(1):836-862. doi: 10.1080/14686996.2018.1530938. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Ioannis Petsagkourakis¹, Klas Tybrandt¹, Xavier Crispin¹, Isao Ohkubo², Norifusa Satoh², Takao Mori^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden.
² Center for Functional Sensor & Actuator (CFSN) and International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan.
³ Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.

Abstract

Thermoelectrics, in particular solid-state conversion of heat to electricity, is expected to be a key energy harvesting technology to power ubiquitous sensors and wearable devices in the future. A comprehensive review is given on the principles and advances in the development of thermoelectric materials suitable for energy harvesting power generation, ranging from organic and hybrid organic-inorganic to inorganic materials. Examples of design and applications are also presented.

Keywords: 210 Thermoelectronics / Thermal transport / insulators; 50 Energy Materials; Thermoelectric; energy harvesting; organic; thin film.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) [grant number JPMJCR15Q6] to TM; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), KAKENHI [grant number JP16H06441] to TM, [grant number JP17H02749] to TM; and Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology [grant number JPMJPR15N1] to IO.