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SUMMARY:Towards Realisation of High-Performance Thermoelectrics for Energy
  Conversion
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Zhigang Chen (the University of Queensland)\nThermoe
 lectric materials directly convert thermal energy into electrical energy\,
  offering a green and sustainable alternative for the global energy market
 .[1\, 2] So far\, extensive investigations have been made to improve the t
 hermoelectric efficiency\, which governed by the dimensionless figure-of-m
 erit ZT ( )\, where σ is the electrical conductivity\, S is the Seebeck c
 oefficient\, T is the absolute temperature\, and  is the total thermal 
 conductivity which is the sum of the contributions from its electron (e
 ) and lattice (L) components. Here\, we developed cost-effective\, and 
 low-toxic thermoelectrics for high-efficiency energy conversion using nove
 l industry-level approach\, coupled with nanostructure and band engineerin
 g strategies. Through effective design of thermoelectric materials with en
 gineered chemistry and unique structure\, and advanced manufacturing\, hig
 h-performance thermoelectrics\, such as Cu2Se\,[3] Bi2Se3\,[4] Bi2Te3\,[5-
 8] In3Se4\,[9\, 10] etc.\, have been realised in our group. Such innovativ
 e technology can be used for harvesting electricity from waste heat or sun
  light. \n\nReferences\n[1]    Z.-G. Chen\, G. Han\, L. Yang\, et al.\, Pr
 og. Nat. Sci. 2012\, 22\, 535.\n[2]    G. Han\, Z.-G. Chen\, J. Drennan\, 
 et al.\, Small 2014\, 10\, 2747.\n[3]    L. Yang\, Z.-G. Chen\, G. Han\, e
 t al.\, Nano Energy 2015\, 16\, 367.\n[4]    M. Hong\, Z.-G. Chen\, L. Yan
 g\, et al.\, Adv. Elect. Mater. 2015\, 1\, 201500025.\n[5]    G. Han\, Z.-
 G. Chen\, L. Yang\, et al.\, Acs Appl. Mater. Inter. 2015\, 7\, 989.\n[6] 
    L. Cheng\, Z.-G. Chen\, L. Yang\, et al.\, J. Phy. Chem. C 2013\, 117\,
  12458.\n[7]    L. Yang\, Z.-G. Chen\, M. Hong\, et al.\, ACS Appl. Mater.
  Inter. 2015\, 7\, 23694.\n[8]    L. Cheng\, Z.-G. Chen\, S. Ma\, et al.\,
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012\, 134\, 18920.\n[9]    G. Han\, Z.-G. Chen\, L. Ya
 ng\, et al.\, Cryst. Growth & Design 2013\, 13\, 5092.\n[10]    G. Han\, Z
 .-G. Chen\, C. Sun\, et al.\, CrystEngComm 2014\, 16\, 393.\n\nhttps://eve
 nts01.synchrotron.org.au/event/19/contributions/507/
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