High Seebeck coefficient oxide thermoelectric materials

Thermoelectric power generation as a promising energy conversion technology that is not harmful to the environment has recently attracted renewed interest.Metal oxides,due to their high stability at high temperature,easy manufacture and low cost,have been drawing more and more attention as new high temperature thermoelectric materials.This paper reviews the current aspects of oxide thermoelectric materials,and some strategies for reducing the lattice thermal conductivity in bulk oxide ceramics so as to enhance thermoelectric performance also are discussed.