Rationally designing high-performance bulk thermoelectric materials

G Tan, LD Zhao, MG Kanatzidis - Chemical reviews, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
There has been a renaissance of interest in exploring highly efficient thermoelectric
materials as a possible route to address the worldwide energy generation, utilization, and …

Eco‐friendly SnTe thermoelectric materials: progress and future challenges

R Moshwan, L Yang, J Zou… - Advanced Functional …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
As a key type of emerging thermoelectric material, tin telluride (SnTe) has received
extensive attention because of its low toxicity and eco‐friendly nature. The recent trend …

Promoting SnTe as an eco‐friendly solution for p‐PbTe thermoelectric via band convergence and interstitial defects

W Li, L Zheng, B Ge, S Lin, X Zhang, Z Chen… - Advanced …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Compared to commercially available p‐type PbTe thermoelectrics, SnTe has a much bigger
band offset between its two valence bands and a much higher lattice thermal conductivity …

Entropy engineering of SnTe: multi‐principal‐element alloying leading to ultralow lattice thermal conductivity and state‐of‐the‐art thermoelectric performance

L Hu, Y Zhang, H Wu, J Li, Y Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The core effects of high entropy alloys distinguish high entropy alloying from ordinary
multielement do**, allowing for a synergy of band structure and microstructure …

Enhanced thermoelectric properties in the counter-doped SnTe system with strained endotaxial SrTe

LD Zhao, X Zhang, H Wu, G Tan, Y Pei… - Journal of the …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
We report enhanced thermoelectric performance in SnTe, where significantly improved
electrical transport properties and reduced thermal conductivity were achieved …

The origin of low thermal conductivity in Sn 1− x Sb x Te: Phonon scattering via layered intergrowth nanostructures

A Banik, B Vishal, S Perumal, R Datta… - Energy & Environmental …, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Inorganic solids with low thermal conductivity are of great interest for thermoelectric
applications. The formation of synthetic nanostructures by matrix encapsulation is one of the …

Realizing high thermoelectric properties of SnTe via synergistic band engineering and structure engineering

R Moshwan, WD Liu, XL Shi, YP Wang, J Zou… - Nano Energy, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Lead-free tin telluride (SnTe) has been drawn enormous attention recently due to their
potential applications in the mid-temperature thermoelectric power generation. In this study …

High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe–AgSbTe2 Alloys from Lattice Softening, Giant Phonon–Vacancy Scattering, and Valence Band Convergence

G Tan, S Hao, RC Hanus, X Zhang, S Anand… - ACS Energy …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
We report on the underlying mechanism that enables the SnTe–AgSbTe2 system to exhibit
superior thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) compared to its parent compound SnTe. We show …

Routes for advancing SnTe thermoelectrics

Z Chen, X Guo, F Zhang, Q Shi, M Tang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional PbTe-based semiconductors have been leading the developments in the
thermoelectrics community due to their rich capabilities in optimizing the electronic and …

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 …