Abstract: A method of preparing thermoelectric material particles, the method comprising: disposing a first electrode and a second electrode in a dielectric liquid medium, wherein the first and second electrodes each comprise a thermoelectric material; applying an electrical potential between the first and second electrodes to cause a spark between the first and second electrodes to provide a vaporized thermoelectric material at a sparking point of at least one of the first and second electrodes; and cooling the vaporized thermoelectric material with the dielectric liquid medium to prepare the thermoelectric material particles.

Abstract: A nanocomposite including: a thermoelectric material nanoplatelet; and a metal nanoparticle disposed on the thermoelectric material nanoplatelet.

Abstract: A thermoelectric material including: a thermoelectric matrix including grains with a composition of Formula 1: (BixSb1-x)a(TeySe1-y)b??Formula 1 wherein 1.8?a?2.2, 2.8?b?3.2, 0?x?1, and 0?y?1, and wherein a plurality of dislocations is present along a grain boundary between adjacent grains of the composition of Formula 1.

Abstract: A thermoelectric material including a composition according to Chemical Formula 1: (Bia-xSb1-a-yMb)2-i(TecSe1-c)3-j??Chemical Formula 1 wherein M is an element of Group 13, 0?a?1, 0<b?0.004, 0?x?b, 0?y?b, x+y=b, 0?c?1, ?0.2?i?0.2, and ?0.2?j?0.2.

Abstract: A thermoelectric material including a thermoelectric semiconductor; and a nanosheet disposed in the thermoelectric semiconductor, the nanosheet having a layered structure and a thickness from about 0.1 to about 10 nanometers. Also a thermoelectric element and thermoelectric module including the thermoelectric material.

Abstract: A thermoelectric material including a thermoelectric matrix; and nano-inclusions in the thermoelectric matrix, the nano-inclusions having an average particle diameter of about 10 nanometers to about 30 nanometers.

Abstract: A thermoelectric material includes powders having a surface coated with an inorganic material. The thermoelectric material includes a thermoelectric semiconductor powder and a coating layer on an outer surface of the thermoelectric semiconductor powders.

Abstract: A bulk nanocomposite thermoelectric material including: a plurality of grains of a thermoelectric material; and a metal nanolayer on a boundary of the plurality of grains, wherein the metal nanolayer is crystalline, and a glass transition temperature and a crystallization temperature of the nanometal are lower than a melting point of the thermoelectric material.

Abstract: Disclosed are a heat dissipation material comprising a metallic glass and an organic vehicle and a light emitting diode package including at least one of a junction part, wherein the junction part includes a heat dissipation material including a metallic glass.

Abstract: A thermoelectric material has a microstructure deformed by cryogenic impact. When the cryogenic impact is applied to the thermoelectric material, defects are induced in the thermoelectric material, and such defects increase phonon scattering, which results in enhanced figure of merit.

Abstract: A thermoelectric material including: a bismuth-tellurium (Bi—Te)-based thermoelectric material matrix; and a nano-metal component distributed in the Bi—Te-based thermoelectric material matrix, wherein a Lotgering degree of orientation in a c-axis direction is about 0.9 to about 1.

Abstract: A nanocomposite thermoelectric material, a thermoelectric element including the nanocomposite thermoelectric material, and a thermoelectric module including the thermoelectric element are disclosed herein. The nanocomposite thermoelectric material includes highly electrically conductive nano metallic particles that are uniformly dispersed in a thermoelectric material matrix. Thus, the nanocomposite thermoelectric material has high thermoelectric performance, and thus, may be used in a wide range of thermoelectric elements and thermoelectric modules.

Abstract: A thermoelectric nano-composite including a thermoelectric matrix; a nano-metal particle; and a nano-thermoelectric material represented by Formula 1: AxMyBz??Formula 1 wherein A includes at least one element of indium, bismuth, or antimony, B includes at least one element of tellurium or selenium (Se), M includes at least one element of gallium, thallium, lead, rubidium, sodium, or lithium, x is greater than 0 and less than or equal to about 4, y is greater than 0 and less than or equal to about 4, and z is greater than 0 and less than or equal to about 3.

Abstract: A thermoelectric composite including a thermoelectric material matrix, a plurality of ceramic nanoparticles, and a bipolar dispersant, wherein the bipolar dispersant bonds the ceramic nanoparticles to the thermoelectric material matrix.

Abstract: A thermoelectric module includes; an upper substrate on which a plurality of upper electrodes having a plurality of first concave grooves formed therein are arranged, a lower substrate, on which a plurality of lower electrodes having a plurality of second concave grooves formed therein are arranged, and a least one spherical p-type thermoelectric element and at least one spherical n-type thermoelectric element interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and electrically and alternately in contact with the upper substrate and the lower substrate, wherein the at least one spherical p-type thermoelectric element and the at least one spherical n-type thermoelectric element are connected to the plurality of first concave grooves and the plurality of second concave grooves respectively disposed in the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes.

Abstract: A bulk thermoelectric material having a structure in which migration of carriers is not inhibited but phonons are scattered is described. The bulk thermoelectric material includes: a bulk crystalline thermoelectric material matrix; and nanoparticles coated with a conductive material within the thermoelectric material matrix.

Abstract: A bulk thermoelectric material includes a matrix, the matrix including a crystalline thermoelectric material; and metal oxide particles disposed in the matrix at a grain boundary or within a crystal structure of the crystalline thermoelectric material.