{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["7(1)"],"submitter":["Forster JD"],"pubmed_abstract":["Thermoelectric power generation can play a key role in a sustainable energy future by converting waste heat from power plants and other industrial processes into usable electrical power. Current thermoelectric devices, however, require energy intensive manufacturing processes such as alloying and spark plasma sintering. Here, we describe the fabrication of a p-type thermoelectric material, copper selenide (Cu<sub>2</sub>Se), utilizing solution-processing and thermal annealing to produce a thin film that achieves a figure of merit, ZT, which is as high as its traditionally processed counterpart, a value of 0.14 at room temperature. This is the first report of a fully solution-processed nanomaterial achieving performance equivalent to its bulk form and represents a general strategy to reduce"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["2765"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5459815"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Solution-Processed Cu<sub>2</sub>Se Nanocrystal Films with Bulk-Like Thermoelectric Performance."],"pmcid":["PMC5459815"],"pubmed_authors":["Urban JJ","Liu J","Coates NE","Sahu A","Cahill DG","Zaia E","Lynch JJ","Jang H","Forster JD","Szybowski M","Gordon MP"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Solution-Processed Cu<sub>2</sub>Se Nanocrystal Films with Bulk-Like Thermoelectric Performance.","description":"Thermoelectric power generation can play a key role in a sustainable energy future by converting waste heat from power plants and other industrial processes into usable electrical power. Current thermoelectric devices, however, require energy intensive manufacturing processes such as alloying and spark plasma sintering. Here, we describe the fabrication of a p-type thermoelectric material, copper selenide (Cu<sub>2</sub>Se), utilizing solution-processing and thermal annealing to produce a thin film that achieves a figure of merit, ZT, which is as high as its traditionally processed counterpart, a value of 0.14 at room temperature. This is the first report of a fully solution-processed nanomaterial achieving performance equivalent to its bulk form and represents a general strategy to reduce","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017 Jun","modification":"2025-04-04T12:29:13.345Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:46:54Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5459815","cross_references":{"pubmed":["28584242"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-017-02944-1"]}}