Interstitial Cu: an effective strategy for high carrier mobility and high thermoelectric performance in GeTe

LC Yin, WD Liu, M Li, DZ Wang, H Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dense point defects can strengthen phonon scattering to reduce the lattice thermal
conductivity and induce outstanding thermoelectric performance in GeTe‐based materials …

Advanced thermoelectric design: from materials and structures to devices

XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

Dense dislocations enable high-performance PbSe thermoelectric at low-medium temperatures

L Xu, Y **ao, S Wang, B Cui, D Wu, X Ding… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
PbSe-based thermoelectric materials exhibit promising ZT values at medium temperature,
but its near-room-temperature thermoelectric properties are overlooked, thus restricting its …

Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices

M Hong, M Li, Y Wang, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Driven by the intensive efforts in the development of high‐performance GeTe
thermoelectrics for mass‐market application in power generation and refrigeration, GeTe …

Recent advances in designing thermoelectric materials

M Mukherjee, A Srivastava, AK Singh - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The rising demand for energy has accelerated the search for clean and renewable sources
and newer approaches towards efficient energy management. One of the most promising …

Strong charge carrier scattering at grain boundaries of PbTe caused by the collapse of metavalent bonding

R Wu, Y Yu, S Jia, C Zhou, O Cojocaru-Mirédin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Grain boundaries (GBs) play a significant role in controlling the transport of mass, heat and
charge. To unravel the mechanisms underpinning the charge carrier scattering at GBs …

Review of current high-ZT thermoelectric materials

J Wei, L Yang, Z Ma, P Song, M Zhang, J Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
Thermoelectric materials are capable of converting heat and electricity to each other.
Thermoelectric devices can be miniaturized and highly integrated with existing …