Defect engineering advances thermoelectric materials

C Wu, XL Shi, L Wang, W Lyu, P Yuan, L Cheng… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Defect engineering is an effective method for tuning the performance of thermoelectric
materials and shows significant promise in advancing thermoelectric performance. Given the …

Spontaneous orientation polarization of anisotropic equivalent dipoles harnessed by entropy engineering for ultra-thin electromagnetic wave absorber

H Wang, X ** on the thermoelectric properties of PbS
B Wu, X Zhao, M Jia, D Yang, Y Liu, H Song… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Lead sulfide (PbS) is widely recognized as a promising n-type thermoelectric material for
use in the middle-temperature range. Although it already exhibits favorable electronic and …

Tailoring the Electron and Phonon Transport in Metavalently Bonded GeTe by Stepwise Do**

M Liu, M Guo, Y Yang, X Dong, H Lyu… - Advanced Energy …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The intertwining between thermal and electrical transport poses significant challenges to
enhancing thermoelectric performance. Chemical do** with a single element often can …

Optimizing the thermoelectric performance of n-type PbSe through dynamic do** driven by entropy engineering

S Wu, C Li, F Chen, K Yang, C Hu, H Huang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
As an ideal candidate for PbTe, which maintains excellent performance at mid-temperature,
PbSe holds great application potential. In this work, based on an optimized dynamic do** …

Low Thermal Conductivity Contributes to High Thermoelectric Performance: A Review

H Ye, C Zhou - Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2025 - Springer
Thermoelectric materials directly convert thermal energy into electrical energy,
demonstrating significant potential for energy and environmental applications. Ideally, high …

[HTML][HTML] Grain boundary decoration by electroless plating Ag enhances the thermoelectric performance of polycrystalline SnSe

Z Wang, X Hu, H Lyu, M Liu, Z Zhang, J Li, H He… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Tin selenide (SnSe) is a rising-start thermoelectric compound that holds record-high ZT
values for bulk thermoelectrics. Yet, the performance of polycrystalline SnSe is significantly …

Ultralow two-channel thermal conductivity in aikinite

J Li, L Wei, Z Ti, J Zhu, W Zhai, H Li, PF Liu - Materials Today Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Realizing glass-like ultralow lattice thermal conductivity κ L in an ordered crystalline material
is overwhelmingly appealing for various applications in thermoelectrics and thermal barrier …

Thermoelectric Performance of Layered PbBi4Te7 Compound

H Zeng, L Xu, W Liu, X Cheng, W He, Y **ao - Acta Metallurgica Sinica …, 2025 - Springer
Abstract The layered PbBi 4 Te 7 compound is considered a promising thermoelectric
material due to its unusually high electrical transport properties in ternary compound …