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 …

Energy‐saving pathways for thermoelectric nanomaterial synthesis: Hydrothermal/solvothermal, microwave‐assisted, solution‐based, and powder processing

N Nandihalli, DH Gregory, T Mori - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The pillars of Green Chemistry necessitate the development of new chemical
methodologies and processes that can benefit chemical synthesis in terms of energy …

A solvothermal synthetic environmental design for high‐performance SnSe‐based thermoelectric materials

XL Shi, WD Liu, M Li, Q Sun, SD Xu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SnSe is challenging to use in thermoelectric devices due to difficulties in simultaneously
optimizing its thermoelectric and mechanical properties. Here, the authors show a unique …

High-performance SnSe thermoelectric materials: Progress and future challenge

ZG Chen, X Shi, LD Zhao, J Zou - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials offer an alternative opportunity to tackle the energy crisis and
environmental problems by enabling the direct solid-state energy conversion. As a …

SnSe: a remarkable new thermoelectric material

LD Zhao, C Chang, G Tan… - Energy & Environmental …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The deceptively simple material SnSe has surprised the scientific community by showing an
unexpectedly low thermal conductivity and high power factor and it has become a very …

[PDF][PDF] 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 …

All‐Layered 2D Optoelectronics: A High‐Performance UV–vis–NIR Broadband SnSe Photodetector with Bi2Te3 Topological Insulator Electrodes

J Yao, Z Zheng, G Yang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoelectronics is in urgent demand of exceptional device architecture with ultrathin
thickness below 10 nm and dangling‐bond‐free surface to break through current physical …

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 …

Recent advances in SnSe nanostructures beyond thermoelectricity

F Li, H Wang, R Huang, W Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Layered SnSe is an emerging class of black phosphorus, which is non‐toxic, eco‐friendly,
and chemically stable. Recently, SnSe nanostructures have triggered more research interest …

Understanding of the extremely low thermal conductivity in high‐performance polycrystalline SnSe through potassium do**

YX Chen, ZH Ge, M Yin, D Feng… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
P‐type polycrystalline SnSe and K0. 01Sn0. 99Se are prepared by combining mechanical
alloying (MA) and spark plasma sintering (SPS). The highest ZT of≈ 0.65 is obtained at 773 …