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 …

[HTML][HTML] Thermoelectric materials: Energy conversion between heat and electricity

X Zhang, LD Zhao - Journal of Materiomics, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials have drawn vast attentions for centuries, because thermoelectric
effects enable direct conversion between thermal and electrical energy, thus providing an …

[HTML][HTML] SnSe/SnS: multifunctions beyond thermoelectricity

D Liu, B Qin, LD Zhao - Materials Lab, 2022‏ - matlab.labapress.com
Miniaturization, lightweight and highly integration have gradually become the main trends in
the development of modern science and technology. Two-dimensional (2D) SnSe/SnS …

First-principles study of anisotropic thermoelectric transport properties of IV-VI semiconductor compounds SnSe and SnS

R Guo, X Wang, Y Kuang, B Huang - Physical Review B, 2015‏ - APS
Tin selenide (SnSe) and tin sulfide (SnS) have recently attracted particular interest due to
their great potential for large-scale thermoelectric applications. A complete prediction of the …

Two-dimensional molybdenum carbides: potential thermoelectric materials of the MXene family

M Khazaei, M Arai, T Sasaki, M Estili… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
A newly synthesized family of two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides, so-
called MXenes, exhibit metallic or semiconducting properties upon appropriate surface …

Band Alignments, Valence Bands, and Core Levels in the Tin Sulfides SnS, SnS2, and Sn2S3: Experiment and Theory

TJ Whittles, LA Burton, JM Skelton, A Walsh… - Chemistry of …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Tin sulfide solar cells show relatively poor efficiencies despite attractive photovoltaic
properties, and there is difficulty in identifying separate phases, which are also known to …

Thermoelectrics with earth abundant elements: low thermal conductivity and high thermopower in doped SnS

Q Tan, LD Zhao, JF Li, CF Wu, TR Wei… - Journal of Materials …, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The thermoelectric properties of Ag-doped SnS samples synthesized by mechanical alloying
followed by spark plasma sintering were studied. We report that SnS possesses a high …

Thermoelectric performance of SnS and SnS–SnSe solid solution

YM Han, J Zhao, M Zhou, XX Jiang… - Journal of Materials …, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Solid solution is a potential way to optimize thermoelectric performance for its low thermal
conductivity compared to those of the constituent compounds because of the phonon …

Recent progress towards high performance of tin chalcogenide thermoelectric materials

S Li, X Li, Z Ren, Q Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials have been extensively studied for decades to help resolve the
global energy shortage and environmental problems. Many efforts have been focused on …

Ionic intercalation in two-dimensional van der Waals materials: in situ characterization and electrochemical control of the anisotropic thermal conductivity of black …

JS Kang, M Ke, Y Hu - Nano Letters, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional van der Waals materials have shown novel fundamental properties and
promise for wide applications. Here, we report for the first time an experimental …