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Review
. 2021 Apr;20(4):454-461.
doi: 10.1038/s41563-020-00852-w. Epub 2020 Dec 7.

Thermoelectric cooling materials

Jun Mao  1 , Gang Chen  2 , Zhifeng Ren  3
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Review

Thermoelectric cooling materials

Jun Mao et al. Nat Mater. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

Solid-state thermoelectric devices can directly convert electricity into cooling or enable heat pumping through the Peltier effect. The commercialization of thermoelectric cooling technology has been built on the Bi2Te3 alloys, which have had no rival for the past six decades around room temperature. With the discovery and development of more promising materials, it is possible to reshape thermoelectric cooling technology. Here we review the current status of, and future outlook for, thermoelectric cooling materials.

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