Table 1 Comparison of the thermoelectric performance of CuI and AZO achieved in this study and previous works

From: A semi-transparent thermoelectric glazing nanogenerator with aluminium doped zinc oxide and copper iodide thin films

No.

Material

Electrical conductivity (Sm−1)

In plane Seebeck (μV K−1)

Power factor (μWm−1 K−2)

Synthesis method

Reference

1

CuI

2100

1161

2835

SILAR

This work

2

CuI

1000

150

30

SILAR

28

3

CuI

1430

207

61.2

SILAR

29

4

CuI

5000

115

66.1

SILAR

43

5

CuI doped Tb

700

550

350

Precipitation method

42

6

CuI

11,000

206

470

Resistive thermal evaporation

44

7

AZO

5230

−712

2655

Electrochemical deposition

This work

8

GZO

−62

Resistive thermal evaporation

44

9

Zno:In

625

−120

9

SILAR

29

10

Zno:Al

31,000

−65

130

Pulsed Laser

51

11

ZnO nanorods

1100

−540

320

Chemical bath deposition and microwave methods

23

12

Ti-codoped AZO

12800

−102

1280

Metallic buffer layer

52