Mao Jun, Chen Gang, Ren Zhifeng
Department of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nat Mater. 2021 Apr;20(4):454-461. doi: 10.1038/s41563-020-00852-w. Epub 2020 Dec 7.
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 BiTe 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.
固态热电器件可以通过珀尔帖效应直接将电能转化为冷量或实现热泵功能。热电冷却技术的商业化一直基于铋碲合金，在过去六十年里，在室温附近没有其他材料能与之竞争。随着更有前景的材料的发现和发展，重塑热电冷却技术成为可能。在此，我们综述热电冷却材料的现状与未来展望。
