Corrugating van der Waals gaps for decoupling heat and charge transport in layered thermoelectrics
Chuan-Dong Zhou, Jianfeng Cai, Minhui Yuan, Rong Huang, Dongxiang Lv, Yue Wu, Rui-Jie Li, Zongwei Zhang, Xiaojian Tan, Guo-Qiang Liu, Qiang Zhang, Bo Liang, Jun Jiang · 2026
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Chuan-Dong Zhou and colleagues ripple in 2026 the soft gaps inside a layered heat-to-power material to block heat flow without blocking charge. Bismuth telluride, the standard room-temperature thermoelectric, loses efficiency when heat leaks through its crystal layers. Adding selected atoms between layers unbalances charge and bends the layers into tiny waves.
The waves slow the vibrations that carry heat, cutting heat leakage through the lattice. Charges pass almost untouched because the ripple is far smaller than the distance they travel between collisions. Peak efficiency hit a record level for this material class, and a test module converted heat at a strong rate too. Layer stress joins the short list of general tricks for better thermoelectrics.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chuan-Dong Zhou, Jianfeng Cai, Minhui Yuan, Rong Huang, Dongxiang Lv, Yue Wu, Rui-Jie Li, Zongwei Zhang, Xiaojian Tan, Guo-Qiang Liu, Qiang Zhang, Bo Liang, Jun Jiang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |