The cradle to gate life-cycle assessment of thermoelectric materials: A comparison of inorganic, organic and hybrid types

Soleimani, Zohreh; Zoras, Stamatis; Ceranic, Boris; Shahzad, Sally; Cui, Yuanlong

doi:10.1016/j.seta.2021.101073

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“…This type benefits from high electrical conductivity but suffers from rigidity, scarcity, and toxicity [65]. In addition, based on the life cycle impact assessment of Soleimani et al [66], it is proved that the inorganic type causes significantly greater environmental impacts than the other two types due to its extremely energy-intensive manufacturing processes. Accordingly, there is a growing interest to switch from the inorganic TE materials to the organic ones, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and conductive/non-conductive polymers.…”

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“…Last but not least, wearable TEGs are considered as a renewable alternative for fossil-fuel based power generations. Although a few studies carried out life cycle impact assessment of TE materials [66] and TEGs [173][174] from a specific perspective, but this part is heavily neglected in the existing research on wearable TEGs. Therefore, as part of the sustainability criteria for future technologies, the environmental performance of wearable TEGs requires careful attention.…”

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A comprehensive review on the output voltage/power of wearable thermoelectric generators concerning their geometry and thermoelectric materials

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“…Due to the presence of heavy metals and rare-earth elements in the constituent materials, attention has been paid to their toxicity, with less work focusing on their supply-chain environmental profile. However, Soleimani et al conducted a comparative lifecycle impacts of inorganic, organic and hybrid thermoelectric materials at their production stage, across multiple environmental indicators namely resource consumption, emission, waste, primary energy demand, and global warming potential [534]. The authors concluded that the inorganic type yielded significantly higher environmental impacts in comparison to the other two due to the energy-intensive nature of their manufacturing processes.…”

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Roadmap on energy harvesting materials

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Ambient energy harvesting has great potential to contribute to sustainable development and address growing environmental challenges. Converting waste energy from energy-intensive processes and systems (e.g., combustion engines and furnaces) is crucial to reducing their environmental impact and achieving net-zero emissions. Compact energy harvesters will also be key to powering the exponentially growing smart devices ecosystem that is part of the Internet of Things, thus enabling futuristic applications that can improve our quality of life (e.g., smart homes, smart cities, smart manufacturing, and smart healthcare). To achieve these goals, innovative materials are needed to efficiently convert ambient energy into electricity through various physical mechanisms, such as the photovoltaic effect, thermoelectricity, piezoelectricity, triboelectricity, and electromagnetic power transfer. By bringing together the perspectives of experts in various types of energy harvesting materials, this Roadmap provides extensive insights into recent advances and present challenges in the field. Additionally, the Roadmap analyzes the key performance metrics of these technologies in relation to their ultimate energy conversion limits. Building on these insights, the Roadmap outlines promising directions for future research to fully harness the potential of energy harvesting materials for green energy anytime, anywhere.

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“…The full design from the synthesis of materials to the fabrication of devices must be assessed [11,12]. For many applications such as powering sensors or for Peltier coolers, good room temperature thermoelectrics are needed [13].…”

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SnSe:Kx intermetallic thermoelectric polycrystals prepared by arc-melting

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Neutron powder diffraction and thermoelectric characterization of SnSe:Kx intermetallic alloys are presented. Nanostructured ingots were prepared by arc-melting elemental tin and selenium along with potassium hydride. Up to x = 0.1 of K can be incorporated into SnSe. Rietveld refinement of the diffractograms locates potassium on the Sn site in the high-temperature Cmcm structure. However, in the low-temperature Pnma structure, K cannot be localized by difference Fourier maps, indicating the incorporation of K in a disordered form in the interlayer space. STEM-EELS indicates the incorporation of K into the SnSe grains. The resistivity upon K-doping at intermediate temperatures decreases by 1–2 orders of magnitude, but at high temperature is higher than the undoped SnSe. The Seebeck coefficient of K-doped SnSe remains p-type and almost temperature independent (400 μV/K for x = 0.1). The ultralow thermal conductivity of undoped SnSe decreases further upon K-doping to below 0.3 W/m K.

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The cradle to gate life-cycle assessment of thermoelectric materials: A comparison of inorganic, organic and hybrid types

Cited by 7 publications

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A comprehensive review on the output voltage/power of wearable thermoelectric generators concerning their geometry and thermoelectric materials

A comprehensive review on the output voltage/power of wearable thermoelectric generators concerning their geometry and thermoelectric materials

Roadmap on energy harvesting materials

SnSe:Kx intermetallic thermoelectric polycrystals prepared by arc-melting

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