Advances in Ag 2 Se-based thermoelectrics from materials to applications

H Wu, X Shi, J Duan, Q Liu, ZG Chen - Energy & Environmental …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials and their devices can realize the solid-state energy conversion
between thermal and electrical energy, therefore serving as a promising alternative to …

Advances in ionic thermoelectrics: from materials to devices

S Sun, M Li, XL Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
As an extended member of the thermoelectric family, ionic thermoelectrics (i‐TEs) exhibit
exceptional Seebeck coefficients and applicable power factors, and as a result have …

Extreme phonon anharmonicity underpins superionic diffusion and ultralow thermal conductivity in argyrodite Ag8SnSe6

Q Ren, MK Gupta, M **, J Ding, J Wu, Z Chen, S Lin… - Nature materials, 2023‏ - nature.com
Ultralow thermal conductivity and fast ionic diffusion endow superionic materials with
excellent performance both as thermoelectric converters and as solid-state electrolytes. Yet …

Defect engineering in thermoelectric materials: what have we learned?

Y Zheng, TJ Slade, L Hu, XY Tan, Y Luo… - Chemical Society …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric energy conversion is an all solid-state technology that relies on exceptional
semiconductor materials that are generally optimized through sophisticated strategies …

High Thermoelectric Performance in Phonon‐Glass Electron‐Crystal Like AgSbTe2

V Taneja, S Das, K Dolui, T Ghosh, A Bhui… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Achieving glass‐like ultra‐low thermal conductivity in crystalline solids with high electrical
conductivity, a crucial requirement for high‐performance thermoelectrics, continues to be a …

Insights into low thermal conductivity in inorganic materials for thermoelectrics

T Ghosh, M Dutta, D Sarkar… - Journal of the American …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Efficient manipulation of thermal conductivity and fundamental understanding of the
microscopic mechanisms of phonon scattering in crystalline solids are crucial to achieve …

Hidden structures: a driving factor to achieve low thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric performance

D Sarkar, A Bhui, I Maria, M Dutta… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The long-range periodic atomic arrangement or the lack thereof in solids typically dictates
the magnitude and temperature dependence of their lattice thermal conductivity (κlat) …

Minimization of the electrical contact resistance in thin-film thermoelectric device

M Tan, WD Liu, XL Shi, Q Sun, ZG Chen - Applied Physics Reviews, 2023‏ - pubs.aip.org
High electrical contact resistance refrains the performance of thin-film thermoelectric devices
at the demonstrative level. Here, an additional Ti contact layer is developed to minimize the …

Realization of high thermoelectric figure of merit in GeTe by complementary co-do** of Bi and In

S Perumal, M Samanta, T Ghosh, US Shenoy… - Joule, 2019‏ - cell.com
GeTe and its derivatives have recently attracted wide attention as promising thermoelectric
materials. The principle challenge in optimizing the thermoelectric figure of merit, zT, is the …

Vacancy controlled nanoscale cation ordering leads to high thermoelectric performance

R Pathak, L **e, S Das, T Ghosh, A Bhui… - Energy & …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
High thermoelectric performance is generally achieved in solid-solution alloyed or heavily
doped semiconductors. The consequent atomic disorder has a trade-off in the thermoelectric …