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 …

High‐performance thermoelectric SnSe: aqueous synthesis, innovations, and challenges

XL Shi, X Tao, J Zou, ZG Chen - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tin selenide (SnSe) is one of the most promising candidates to realize environmentally
friendly, cost‐effective, and high‐performance thermoelectrics, derived from its outstanding …

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 …

Anharmoncity and low thermal conductivity in thermoelectrics

C Chang, LD Zhao - Materials Today Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
The thermoelectric (TE) efficiency is evaluated by the material thermoelectric figure of merit
(ZT), which can be usually improved by enhancing the electrical transport properties and/or …

Achieving high thermoelectric figure of merit in polycrystalline SnSe via introducing Sn vacancies

W Wei, C Chang, T Yang, J Liu, H Tang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric power generation technology has emerged as a clean “heat engine” that can
convert heat to electricity. Recently, the discovery of an ultrahigh thermoelectric figure of …

High thermoelectric performance in p‐type polycrystalline Cd‐doped SnSe achieved by a combination of cation vacancies and localized lattice engineering

X Shi, A Wu, T Feng, K Zheng, W Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a high figure of merit (ZT) of≈ 1.7 at 823 K is reported in p‐type polycrystalline Cd‐
doped SnSe by combining cation vacancies and localized‐lattice engineering. It is observed …

Nanostructured Ferecrystal Intergrowths with TaSe2 Unveiled High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type SnSe

V Taneja, N Goyal, S Das, S Chandra… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ferecrystals, a distinctive class of misfit layered compounds, hold significant promise in
manipulating the phonon transport owing to their two-dimensional (2D) natural superlattice …

General strategies to improve thermoelectric performance with an emphasis on tin and germanium chalcogenides as thermoelectric materials

M Rakshit, D Jana, D Banerjee - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric (TE) materials have attracted tremendous research interests over the past
few decades, due to their application in power generation technology from waste heat …

Boosting the thermoelectric performance of (Na, K)-codoped polycrystalline SnSe by synergistic tailoring of the band structure and atomic-scale defect phonon …

ZH Ge, D Song, X Chong, F Zheng, L **… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report the high thermoelectric performance of p-type polycrystalline SnSe obtained by
the synergistic tailoring of band structures and atomic-scale defect phonon scattering …

Two-dimensional WSe2/SnSe pn junctions secure ultrahigh thermoelectric performance in n-type Pb/I Co-doped polycrystalline SnSe

YX Chen, XL Shi, ZH Zheng, F Li, WD Liu… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we, for the first time, introduce p-type two-dimensional (2D) WSe 2
nanoinclusions in n-type Pb/I co-doped SnSe matrix to form WSe 2/SnSe pn junctions …