Regulation of Ge vacancies through Sm doping resulting in superior thermoelectric performance in GeTe

T Zhang, S Deng, X Zhao, X Ruan, N Qi… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A high thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of 2.5 at 730 K is achieved in p-type Ge1− xSmxTe
through synergetic optimization of electrical and thermal transport properties. Sm doping …

Modulating the valence of Ga and the deep level impurity for high thermoelectric performance of n-type Pb0. 98Ga0. 02Te1-xSex compounds

Y Shi, Y Tang, K Liu, S Zhong, S Chen, L Yu, J Wu… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
It has been found that the doped Ga has a distinct role in PbTe and PbSe compounds
though they possess the same crystal structure. Therefore, to understand how the …

Crystal structure and atomic vacancy optimized thermoelectric properties in gadolinium selenides

F Qin, SA Nikolaev, A Suwardi, M Wood… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric materials enable the energy conversion of waste heat into electricity, helpful
to relieve global energy crisis. Here, we report a systematic investigation on high …

Engineering ferroelectric instability to achieve ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric performance in Sn 1− x Ge x Te

A Banik, T Ghosh, R Arora, M Dutta, J Pandey… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
High thermoelectric performance of a crystalline solid requires it to have low thermal
conductivity which is one of the utmost material challenges. Herein, we demonstrate how the …

Realizing high thermoelectric performance in GeTe through optimizing Ge vacancies and manipulating Ge precipitates

Y Jin, Y Xiao, D Wang, Z Huang, Y Qiu… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Recent vast reinvestigations on GeTe, a promising thermoelectric material at medium
temperature, have triggered enormous enthusiasm in the thermoelectric community again …

Superior performance and high service stability for GeTe-based thermoelectric compounds

T Xing, Q Song, P Qiu, Q Zhang, X Xia… - National Science …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
GeTe-based compounds have been intensively studied recently due to their superior
thermoelectric performance, but their real applications are still limited so far due to the …

Band Modulation and Strain Fluctuation for Realizing High Average zT in GeTe

X Wang, H Yao, L Yin, W Xue, Z Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, GeTe has emerged as a very promising thermoelectric material. However, the
pristine GeTe exhibits intrinsically low Seebeck coefficient and high thermal conductivity …

Decoupling Carrier-Phonon Scattering Boosts the Thermoelectric Performance of n-Type GeTe-Based Materials

DZ Wang, WD Liu, Y Mao, S Li, LC Yin… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The coupled relationship between carrier and phonon scattering severely limits the
thermoelectric performance of n-type GeTe materials. Here, we provide an efficient strategy …

Improved solubility in metavalently bonded solid leads to band alignment, ultralow thermal conductivity, and high thermoelectric performance in SnTe

Y Liu, X Zhang, P Nan, B Zou, Q Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SnTe is an emerging Pb‐free thermoelectric compound that has drawn significant attention
for clean energy conversion. Chemical doping is routinely used to tailor its charge carrier …

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 …