Rare three-valence-band convergence leading to ultrahigh thermoelectric performance in all-scale hierarchical cubic SnTe

F Li, X Liu, SR Li, XF Zhang, N Ma, XJ Li… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Band convergence is an important approach for improving the thermoelectric performance,
as it can significantly increase the Seebeck coefficient without obviously sacrificing the …

Improved solubility in metavalently bonded solid leads to band alignment, ultralow thermal conductivity, and high thermoelectric performance in SnTe

Y Liu, X Zhang, P Nan, B Zou, Q Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SnTe is an emerging Pb‐free thermoelectric compound that has drawn significant attention
for clean energy conversion. Chemical do** is routinely used to tailor its charge carrier …

Enhancing the thermoelectric performance of SnTe-CuSbSe 2 with an ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity

H Xu, H Wan, R Xu, Z Hu, X Liang, Z Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Alloying SnTe with a well-designed secondary phase, particularly one with low lattice
thermal conductivity, serves as an efficient route to realize excellent thermoelectric …

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 …

Chemical Pressure-Driven Band Convergence and Discordant Atoms Intensify Phonon Scattering Leading to High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe

H Ming, ZZ Luo, Z Chen, HH Cui, W Zheng… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
SnTe is an intriguing alternative to PbTe for midtemperature thermoelectric applications.
Despite steady progress, its performance is lagging, in part because of the large energy …

High wide-temperature-range thermoelectric performance in n-PbSe integrated with quantum dots

Q **a, Q Zhang, Y Gong, X Huang, MF Iqbal… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
PbSe has attracted much attention due to the earth-abundant element Se and low cost.
Herein, we present a peak ZT value of 1.44 and an average ZT value of approximately 1.0 in …

High thermoelectric performance in the n-type Bi2S3/f-MWCNTs nanocomposites prepared by hydrothermal method

Y Bai, X Li, T Ouyang, W Wang, Y Yan, X Jiang… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we successfully combined functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (f-
MWCNTs) into the Bi 2 S 3 matrix using a simple hydrothermal synthesis technique to …

Low Thermal Conductivity Induced Thermoelectric Improvement in Pristine SnTe via High-Pressure Engineering

T Chen, B Zheng, X Zhang, M Yang, J Zhu… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lead chalcogenide-based compounds (SnTe) are state-of-the-art thermoelectric materials.
However, the performance of environmentally friendly p-type SnTe is inferior due to its high …

CdSe Quantum Dots Enable High Thermoelectric Performance in Solution‐Processed Polycrystalline SnSe

W Dou, Y Gong, X Huang, Y Li, Q Zhang, Y Liu, QX **a… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Here, a high peak ZT of≈ 2.0 is reported in solution‐processed polycrystalline Ge and Cd
codoped SnSe. Microstructural characterization reveals that CdSe quantum dots are …