Germanium telluride is a high performing thermoelectric material that additionally serves as
a base for alloys such as GeTe–AgSbTe2 and GeTe–PbTe. Such performance motivates …

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 …

GeTe-based thermoelectric materials tend to be naturally heavily hole doped because of Ge
lattice vacancies, and this complicates efforts to improve the figure of merit ZT. Herein, we …

Minimization of lattice thermal conductivity plays a key role in advancing thermoelectrics, a
typical strategy of which is the introduction of atomic disorder for strong phonon scattering …

In this study, a series of Ge1–x Mn x Te (x= 0–0.21) compounds were prepared by a melting–
quenching–annealing process combined with spark plasma sintering (SPS). The effect of …

It is well known that the thermoelectric performance of GeTe is difficult to manipulate due to
its intrinsic overhigh carrier concentration and phase transition. Herein, we demonstrate that …

GeTe experiences phase transition between cubic and rhombohedral through distortion
along the [111] direction. Cubic GeTe shares the similarity of a two-valence-band structure …

Semiconducting cubic group IV monotellurides, including PbTe and SnTe, have historically
led most of the advancements in thermoelectrics. Recently, noncubic ones such as GeTe …

Abstract Pseudo-binary GeTe-rich Sb 2 Te 3 (GeTe) n materials recently exhibited promising
thermoelectric performance at intermediate temperatures (500–800 K), largely due to the …

The thermoelectric figure of merit zT of SnTe, an analogue to PbTe, has long been known to
be about 0.6, mainly due to its single band transport behavior. Similar to what has been …