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 …

High figure-of-merit and power generation in high-entropy GeTe-based thermoelectrics

B Jiang, W Wang, S Liu, Y Wang, C Wang, Y Chen… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The high-entropy concept provides extended, optimized space of a composition, resulting in
unusual transport phenomena and excellent thermoelectric performance. By tuning electron …

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 …

Intrinsically Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Ruddlesden–Popper 2D Perovskite Cs2PbI2Cl2: Localized Anharmonic Vibrations and Dynamic Octahedral …

P Acharyya, T Ghosh, K Pal, K Kundu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Fundamental understanding of the correlation between chemical bonding and lattice
dynamics in intrinsically low thermal conductive crystalline solids is important to …

Engineering ferroelectric instability to achieve ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric performance in Sn 1− x Ge x Te

A Banik, T Ghosh, R Arora, M Dutta, J Pandey… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
High thermoelectric performance of a crystalline solid requires it to have low thermal
conductivity which is one of the utmost material challenges. Herein, we demonstrate how the …

Ultrahigh thermoelectric performance in environmentally friendly SnTe achieved through stress‐induced lotus‐seedpod‐like grain boundaries

F Guo, B Cui, C Li, Y Wang, J Cao… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In an effort to improve the thermoelectric performance of the environmentally friendly SnTe,
here, a multilevel structure composed of “lotus‐seedpod‐like” grain boundaries, dense …

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 …

Quasi-random distribution of distorted nanostructures enhances thermoelectric performance of high-entropy chalcopyrite

S Acharya, J Hwang, K Kim, J Kim, W Hwang, A Soon… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Here, we suggest that the quasi-random distribution of distorted nanostructures (QDDN),
which is unique in high-entropy materials, is the reason for superior thermoelectric …