The primary motivation behind efforts to understand the properties of lead sulfide (PbS) is its
technological importance as the foundation of modern semiconductor optoelectronics. PbS …

The earth-abundant PbS is a sister compound of PbTe and PbSe, and attracts increasing
research interests from thermoelectric community. Owning to its strong Pb-S chemical …

The efficient conversion between thermal and electrical energy by means of durable, silent
and scalable solid-state thermoelectric devices has been a long standing goal. While …

Converting waste heat into useful electricity using solid-state thermoelectrics has a potential
for enormous global energy savings. Lead chalcogenides are among the most prominent …

Most of the state‐of‐the‐art thermoelectric (TE) materials exhibit high crystal symmetry,
multiple valleys near the Fermi level, heavy constituent elements with small electronegativity …

To obtain high‐performance PbS‐based thermoelectric materials, this study introduces Cu
with different contrasting roles in p‐type PbS, which can effectively decrease the lattice …

SnSe, a “simple” and “old” binary compound composed of earth-abundant elements, has
been reported to exhibit a high thermoelectric performance in single crystals, which …

Abstract Herein, novel Ag-doped PbS (Ag: PbS) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized via a
facile and rapid microwave route. Field emission scanning electron microscopy …

We report that Ga-doped and Ga–In-codoped n-type PbS samples show excellent
thermoelectric performance in the intermediate temperature range. First-principles electronic …

In our study, we designed the PbSnTeSe high-entropy alloy (HEA) and investigated its
microstructure and thermoelectric properties. It was found that the PbSnTeSe HEA has a …