Ag Interstitial Inhibition and Phonon Scattering at the ZnSe Nano-Precipitates to Enhance the Thermoelectric Performance of Ag2Se

B Feng, Y Cheng, C Liu, J Gao, G Wu… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ag2Se-based thermoelectric (TE) materials have attracted significant attention recently due
to their potential application near room temperature. Manipulating the stoichiometric ratio of …

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of hot-pressed n-type Ag 2 Se nanostructures by controlling the intrinsic lattice defects

R Santhosh, S Harish, R Abinaya, S Ponnusamy… - …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ag2Se is a promising thermoelectric (TE) material for room-temperature (RT) applications
owing to its excellent TE properties. In this work, we prepared Ag-deficient Ag2Se using a …

Thermoelectric Ag2Se: Imperfection, Homogeneity, and Reproducibility

S Huang, TR Wei, H Chen, J Xiao, M Zhu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ag2Se is a narrow band gap n-type semiconductor with high carrier mobility and low lattice
thermal conductivity. It has high thermoelectric performance near room temperature …

High thermoelectric performance for an Ag 2 Se-based material prepared by a wet chemical method

D Li, JH Zhang, JM Li, J Zhang, XY Qin - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, a facile solution chemical route has been developed for synthesis of Ag2Se-based
alloy nanocrystals. The maximum thermoelectric figure of merit reaches 0.7 at 317 K for …

Ternary Ag2Se1–xTex: A Near-Room-Temperature Thermoelectric Material with a Potentially High Figure of Merit

J Chen, H Yuan, YK Zhu, K Zheng, ZH Ge… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Discovering high-performance near-room-temperature thermoelectric materials is extremely
imperative to widen the practical application in thermoelectric power generation and …

A Recipe for a Great Meal: A Benchtop Route from Elemental Se to Superior Thermoelectric β-Ag2Se

Y Abusa, P Yox, G Viswanathan… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The low-temperature modification of β-Ag2Se has proven to be useful as a near-room-
temperature thermoelectric material. Over the past years, research has been devoted to …

Significant Improvement in Thermoelectric Performance of AgInSe2-Based Composites through In Situ Formation of Ag2Se

Y Zhong, Y Luo, X Li, J Cui - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
As the development of n-type ternary chalcopyrite semiconductors in thermoelectrics (TEs) is
relatively slow compared to that of their p-type counterparts, it greatly restricts the fabrication …

Enhanced thermoelectric properties of SnTe through core-shell structures and band engineering

P Peng, C Wang, J Chen, P Fan, R Du, H Si… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy filtering effect is an effective method to improve the thermoelectric performance,
and the core-shell structure with more interfaces and various potential barriers can introduce …

Realizing High Thermoelectric Performance in Sb-Doped Ag2Te Compounds with a Low-Temperature Monoclinic Structure

T Zhu, H Bai, J Zhang, G Tan, Y Yan… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
To recover the low-grade waste heat (300–500 K), it is of urgent importance to develop and
improve the thermoelectric performance at a low-temperature region. Herein, we have …

Enhancing the thermoelectric performance of Ag2Se by non-stoichiometric defects

P Wang, JL Chen, Q Zhou, YT Liao, Y Peng… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Ag 2 Se is an attractive candidate for room temperature thermoelectric applications because
of its extremely low thermal conductivity, large power factor, and excellent mechanical …