[11a-W242-1~7] Recent Progress of Energy Harvesting

[11a-W242-6] Thermoelectric Materials for High-performance Power Generation Devices

〇Tsutomu Kanno¹, Hiromasa Tamaki¹, Hiroki Sato¹ (1.Panasonic)

Keywords:thermoelectric conversion, power generation

Thermoelectric power generation attracts much attention as a promising technology for waste heat recovery. Showing our recent results on Mg₃Sb₂ materials, we will discuss how high average zT is more important than high peak zT to realize high conversion efficiency.