Achieving high thermoelectric performance of eco-friendly snte-based materials by selective alloying and defect modulation

A Abbas, M Nisar, ZH Zheng, F Li, B Jabar… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recently, rock-salt lead-free chalcogenide SnTe-based thermoelectric (TE) materials have
been considered an alternative to PbTe because of the nontoxic properties of Sn as …

Manipulating the solubility of SnSe in SnTe by Br doping for improving the thermoelectric performance

Z Zhang, W Xu, C Liu, F Li, H Yang… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As a potential thermoelectric (TE) candidate with a rock salt structure similar to PbTe, SnTe
has attracted much attention in recent years. However, a high carrier concentration caused …

Thermoelectric SnTe with band convergence, dense dislocations, and interstitials through Sn self‐compensation and Mn alloying

F Guo, B Cui, Y Liu, X Meng, J Cao, Y Zhang, R He… - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
SnTe is known as an eco‐friendly analogue of PbTe without toxic elements. However, the
application potentials of pure SnTe are limited because of its high hole carrier concentration …

Achieving Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in (SnTe)1-x(Sb2Te3)x and (SnTe)1-y(Sb2Se3)y Synthesized via Solvothermal Reaction and …

X Liu, B Zhang, Y Chen, H Wu, H Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
SnTe is proposed to be an intriguing low-toxicity alternative to PbTe. Herein, we report the
diminished lattice thermal conductivity (κL) and enhanced zT of SnTe by way of vacancy …

Strengthened phonon scattering and band convergence synergistically realize the high-performance SnTe thermoelectric

G Wu, Z Guo, X Tan, R Wang, Q Zhang, H Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
SnTe has been considered as a nontoxic alternative to the PbTe thermoelectric (TE), but its
ZT value is severely limited by the high thermal conductivity and low Seebeck coefficient …

Synergistically optimized electrical and thermal transport properties of SnTe via alloying high-solubility MnTe

H Wu, C Chang, D Feng, Y Xiao, X Zhang… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Lead chalcogenides are the most efficient thermoelectric materials. In comparison, SnTe, a
lead-free analogue of PbTe, exhibits inferior thermoelectric performance due to low Seebeck …

Boosting thermoelectric performance of SnTe by selective alloying and band tuning

Y Zhang, J Li, W Hu, X Yang, X Tang, G Tan - Materials Today Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
SnTe-based compounds have attracted increasing attention in recent years as lead-free
thermoelectric materials. However, the thermoelectric performance of pristine SnTe is poor …

Complementary effect of co-doping aliovalent elements Bi and Sb in self-compensated SnTe-based thermoelectric materials

SK Kihoi, US Shenoy, DK Bhat, HS Lee - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Research on Pb-free thermoelectric materials as a potential eco-friendly and solid-state
source of energy has continuously advanced over time, with SnTe-based materials having …

In Situ Reaction Induced Core–Shell Structure to Ultralow κlat and High Thermoelectric Performance of SnTe

S Li, J Xin, A Basit, Q Long, S Li, Q Jiang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lead‐free chalcogenide SnTe has been demonstrated to be an efficient medium
temperature thermoelectric (TE) material. However, high intrinsic Sn vacancies as well as …

Interstitial Defects Facilitate Dense Dislocations and Band Convergence for High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe

C Wang, Y Gong, W Xiong, X Yang, Q Zhang… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
SnTe, emerging as a promising lead-free thermoelectric candidate, has received a great
deal of attention for power generation. Here, we report a record-high average ZT of 1.02 as …