High‐performance thermoelectric SnSe: aqueous synthesis, innovations, and challenges

XL Shi, X Tao, J Zou, ZG Chen - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tin selenide (SnSe) is one of the most promising candidates to realize environmentally
friendly, cost‐effective, and high‐performance thermoelectrics, derived from its outstanding …

High-performance SnSe thermoelectric materials: Progress and future challenge

ZG Chen, X Shi, LD Zhao, J Zou - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials offer an alternative opportunity to tackle the energy crisis and
environmental problems by enabling the direct solid-state energy conversion. As a …

Recent advances in SnSe nanostructures beyond thermoelectricity

F Li, H Wang, R Huang, W Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Layered SnSe is an emerging class of black phosphorus, which is non‐toxic, eco‐friendly,
and chemically stable. Recently, SnSe nanostructures have triggered more research interest …

High-performance thermoelectrics based on solution-grown SnSe nanostructures

S Chandra, P Dutta, K Biswas - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional layered tin selenide (SnSe) has attracted immense interest in
thermoelectrics due to its ultralow lattice thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric …

SnSe, the rising star thermoelectric material: a new paradigm in atomic blocks, building intriguing physical properties

L Xie, D He, J He - Materials Horizons, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric (TE) materials, which enable direct energy conversion between waste heat
and electricity, have witnessed enormous and exciting developments over last several …

Remarkable electron and phonon band structures lead to a high thermoelectric performance ZT> 1 in earth-abundant and eco-friendly SnS crystals

W He, D Wang, JF Dong, Y Qiu, L Fu, Y Feng… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Tin selenide (SnSe), a simple binary compound with low-cost, earth-abundant and eco-
friendly elements, has aroused extensive interest in the thermoelectric community on …

Ultrahigh Average ZT Realized in p-Type SnSe Crystalline Thermoelectrics through Producing Extrinsic Vacancies

B Qin, Y Zhang, D Wang, Q Zhao, B Gu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Crystalline SnSe has been revealed as an efficient thermoelectric candidate with
outstanding performance. Herein, record-high thermoelectric performance is achieved …

Achieving high thermoelectric figure of merit in polycrystalline SnSe via introducing Sn vacancies

W Wei, C Chang, T Yang, J Liu, H Tang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric power generation technology has emerged as a clean “heat engine” that can
convert heat to electricity. Recently, the discovery of an ultrahigh thermoelectric figure of …

Optimization of sodium hydroxide for securing high thermoelectric performance in polycrystalline Sn1 − xSe via anisotropy and vacancy synergy

XL Shi, WD Liu, AY Wu, VT Nguyen, H Gao, Q Sun… - InfoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The morphology and composition are two key factors to determine the thermoelectric
performance of aqueously synthesized tin selenide (SnSe) crystals; however, their …

Realization of high thermoelectric figure of merit in solution synthesized 2D SnSe nanoplates via Ge alloying

S Chandra, K Biswas - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019 - ACS Publications
Recently single crystals of layered SnSe have created a paramount importance in
thermoelectrics owing to their ultralow lattice thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric …