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 …

Tin selenide (SnSe): growth, properties, and applications

W Shi, M Gao, J Wei, J Gao, C Fan… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The indirect bandgap semiconductor tin selenide (SnSe) has been a research hotspot in the
thermoelectric fields since a ZT (figure of merit) value of 2.6 at 923 K in SnSe single crystals …

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 …

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 …

Thermodynamic pathway for the formation of SnSe and SnSe 2 polycrystalline thin films by selenization of metal precursors

PA Fernandes, MG Sousa, PMP Salome, JP Leitão… - …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, tin selenide thin films (SnSex) were grown on soda lime glass substrates by
selenization of dc magnetron sputtered Sn metallic precursors. Selenization was performed …

Perspectives on SnSe-based thin film solar cells: a comprehensive review

VR Minnam Reddy, S Gedi, B Pejjai, C Park - Journal of Materials Science …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Currently, selenium (Se)-based compound semiconductors (CISe, CIGSe and
CZTSe) are considered as the active materials in the photovoltaic world. However, these …

Atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition of SnSe and SnSe2 thin films on glass

ND Boscher, CJ Carmalt, RG Palgrave, IP Parkin - Thin solid films, 2008 - Elsevier
Atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition of tin monoselenide and tin diselenide
films on glass substrate was achieved by reaction of diethyl selenide with tin tetrachloride at …

Structure, optical and electrical characterization of tin selenide thin films deposited at room temperature using thermal evaporation method

N Kumar, V Sharma, U Parihar, R Sachdeva, N Padha… - 2011 - essuir.sumdu.edu.ua
Tin Selenide (SnSe) is an important IV-VI compound semiconducting material used for
various devices like memory switching, an efficient solar cell and holographic recording …

Feasibility of using chemically exfoliated SnSe nanobelts in constructing flexible SWCNTs-based composite films for high-performance thermoelectric applications

J Fan, X Huang, F Liu, L Deng, G Chen - Composites Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the significant progress in thermoelectric composites in recent years, composite
systems completely composed of one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) …

Secondary crystalline phases identification in CuZnSnSe thin films: contributions from Raman scattering and photoluminescence

PMP Salomé, PA Fernandes, JP Leitao… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - Springer
In this work, we present the Raman peak positions of the quaternary pure selenide
compound Cu _2 2 ZnSnSe _4 4 (CZTSe) and related secondary phases that were grown …