Origin of the High Performance in GeTe-Based Thermoelectric Materials upon Bi2Te3 Doping

D Wu, LD Zhao, S Hao, Q Jiang, F Zheng… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
As a lead-free material, GeTe has drawn growing attention in thermoelectrics, and a figure of
merit (ZT) close to unity was previously obtained via traditional doping/alloying, largely …

Outstanding CdSe with multiple functions leads to high performance of GeTe thermoelectrics

Y Jin, D Wang, T Hong, L Su, H Shi… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric materials can achieve the direct conversion between electricity and heat,
which has drawn extensive attention in recent decades. Understanding the chemical nature …

Ultralow Thermal Conductivity, Enhanced Mechanical Stability, and High Thermoelectric Performance in (GeTe)1–2x(SnSe)x(SnS)x

P Acharyya, S Roychowdhury… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric (TE) energy conversion demands high performance crystalline inorganic
solids that exhibit ultralow thermal conductivity, high mechanical stability, and good TE …

Low thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric performance in Sb and Bi codoped GeTe: complementary effect of band convergence and nanostructuring

S Perumal, P Bellare, US Shenoy… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Complementary and beneficial effects of Sb and Bi codoping in GeTe are shown to generate
high thermoelectric figure of merit, zT, of 1.8 at 725 K in Ge1-xy Bi x Sb y Te samples. Sb and …

High power factor and enhanced thermoelectric performance in Sc and Bi codoped GeTe: Insights into the hidden role of rhombohedral distortion degree

Z Liu, W Gao, W Zhang, N Sato… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Modification of crystal symmetry induced by chemical doping or alloying is well known to
optimize the charge carrier transport properties in thermoelectric materials. Historically, the …

High Thermoelectric Performance and Enhanced Mechanical Stability of p-type Ge1–xSbxTe

S Perumal, S Roychowdhury, DS Negi… - Chemistry of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
High thermoelectric figure of merit, zT, of∼ 1.85 at 725 K along with significant cyclable
temperature stability was achieved in Pb-free p-type Ge1–x Sb x Te samples through …

Probing of Bi doped GeTe thermoelectrics leads to revelation of resonant states

US Shenoy, DK Bhat - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022 - Elsevier
Quest for lead free high performance mid temperature thermoelectric materials has led to
extensive research on SnTe and GeTe based materials. Among various strategies …

Modulating structures to decouple thermoelectric transport leads to high performance in polycrystalline SnSe

Y Wang, S Bai, H Shi, Q Cao, B Qin… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the thermoelectric properties of SnSe crystals have been rather impressive,
while those of polycrystalline SnSe are not ideal due to the grain boundary scattering, which …

Enhancing thermoelectric performance by Fermi level tuning and thermal conductivity degradation in (Ge1−xBix)Te crystals

PC Wei, CX Cai, CR Hsing, CM Wei, SH Yu, HJ Wu… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In this work, a high thermoelectric figure of merit, zT of 1.9 at 740 K is achieved in Ge1−
xBixTe crystals through the concurrent of Seebeck coefficient enhancement and thermal …

Stepwise Ge vacancy manipulation enhances the thermoelectric performance of cubic GeSe

T Lyu, X Li, Q Yang, J Cheng, Y Zhang, C Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
In thermoelectrics, the native point defect enables the delicate balance between carrier
concentration and carrier mobility. The proper native point defect is prerequisite for the …