Te-free PbS has been regarded as a promising alternative candidate for PbTe
thermoelectric materials due to its advances of low-cost, earth-abundant. In this work, we …

Traditional thermoelectric (TE) materials usually contain scarce and expensive chemical
elements, weakening the commercial value in clean energy community. With further …

In this study, we prepared a series of Ag-doped PbSe bulk materials by a melting–
quenching process combined with a subsequent spark plasma sintering process, and …

PbTe-based thermoelectric materials are considered to be a medium-temperature
thermoelectric candidates and the high-performance n-type PbTe is urgently to be …

Both p-and n-type PbTe based materials exhibit excellent thermoelectric properties.
However, their mechanical properties are relatively poor compared to those of state-of-the …

N-type PbTe-based materials exhibit promising thermoelectric performance around 600–
900 K, while the near room-temperature thermoelectric performance still needs to be …

PbSe is an inexpensive alternative for PbTe as a mid-temperature thermoelectric material,
but few investigations have been reported about its intrinsic properties despite recent efforts …

Lead chalcogenides (PbQ, Q= Te, Se, S) have proved to possess high thermoelectric
efficiency for both n-type and p-type compounds. Recent success in tuning of electronic …

The earth-abundant PbS is a sister compound of PbTe and PbSe, and attracts increasing
research interests from thermoelectric community. Owning to its strong Pb-S chemical …

To achieve high‐performance n‐type PbTe‐based thermoelectric materials, this work
provides a synergetic strategy to improve electrical transport property with indium (In) …