Recent Progress in SnTe: An Eco‐Friendly and High‐Performance Chalcogenide Thermoelectric Material

SK Kihoi, TY Yang, HS Lee - Small, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in high‐performance thermoelectric materials have sparked significant
interest, particularly in SnTe, a mid‐temperature group‐IV chalcogenide that is both eco …

Advances and Challenges in SnTe‐Based Thermoelectrics

L Wang, R Moshwan, N Yuan, ZG Chen… - Advanced …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
SnTe‐based thermoelectric materials have attracted significant attention for their exceptional
performance in mid‐to‐high temperature ranges, positioning them as promising candidates …

Zinc Do** Induces Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Solvothermal SnTe

L Wang, XL Shi, L Li, M Hong, B Lin… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The creation of hierarchical nanostructures can effectively strengthen phonon scattering to
reduce lattice thermal conductivity for improving thermoelectric properties in inorganic …

Synergistic band convergence and defect engineering boost thermoelectric performance of SnTe

X Dong, W Cui, WD Liu, S Zheng, L Gao, L Yue… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
As an eco-friendly thermoelectric material, SnTe has attracted extensive attention. In this
study, we use a stepwise strategy to enhance the thermoelectric performance of SnTe …

Cu‐Atom Locations in Rocksalt SnTe Thermoelectric Alloy

Y Kawami, XQ Tran, T Yamamoto… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of functional thermoelectric materials requires direct evidence of dopants'
locations to rationally design the electronic and phononic structure of the host matrix. In this …

Low lattice thermal conductivity and enhanced thermoelectric performance of SnTe via chemical electroless plating of Ag

BZ Tian, XP Jiang, J Chen, H Gao, ZG Wang, J Tang… - Rare Metals, 2022 - Springer
Interface engineering has been regarded as an effective strategy to manipulate the
thermoelectric performance of materials. Here, we use a facile chemical electroless plating …

Hierarchical structuring to break the amorphous limit of lattice thermal conductivity in high-performance SnTe-based thermoelectrics

L Wang, M Hong, Q Sun, Y Wang, L Yue… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Minimizing lattice thermal conductivity, κ l, of thermoelectric materials is an effective strategy
to enhance their figure-of-merit, zT. However, the amorphous limit of κl affects the ceiling of …

AgCl Addition to Chalcopyrite Compound for Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivity in Realizing High ZT Thermoelectric Materials

Z Zhang, S Luo, L Yu, S Wei, Z Ji, W Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Optimizing the performance of thermoelectric materials by reducing its thermal conductivity
is crucial to enhance its thermoelectric efficiency. Novel thermoelectric materials like the …

Research status and performance optimization of medium-temperature thermoelectric material SnTe

PP Peng, C Wang, LW Li, SY Li, YQ Chen - Chinese Physics B, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Thermoelectric materials have the ability to directly convert heat into electricity, which have
been extensively studied for decades to solve global energy shortages and environmental …

Improved thermoelectric performance by microwave wet chemical synthesis of low thermal conductivity SnTe

W Li, L Gao, S Wei, X Yang, Z Ji, W Song… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2023 - Elsevier
SnTe is a promising replacement for PbTe due to its non-toxicity and high thermoelectric
conversion efficiency. However, it suffers from poor performance caused by the presence of …