This short review discusses recent advances in n-type PbSe-based bulk thermoelectric
materials. Their performance has rapidly progressed recently and emerges as one of most …

From a structural and economic perspective, tellurium-free PbSe can be an attractive
alternative to its more expensive isostructural analogue of PbTe for intermediate …

Thermoelectric materials enable the direct conversion between waste heat and electric
energy, playing an important role in alleviating energy crisis. Many excellent thermoelectrics …

The study of the lead chalcogenides system has been extended throughout the history of
thermoelectrics due to their extraordinary physical and chemical properties. Compared with …

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 …

Introducing structural defects such as vacancies, nanoprecipitates, and dislocations is a
proven means of reducing lattice thermal conductivity. However, these defects tend to be …

We show an example of hierarchically designing electronic bands of PbSe toward excellent
thermoelectric performance. We find that alloying 15 mol% PbTe into PbSe causes a …

Introducing nanostructures into bulk thermoelectric materials is an effective strategy for
reducing lattice thermal conductivity (κlat). However, large numbers of hanging bonds …

N‐type PbSe thermoelectric materials encounter challenges in improving the power factor
due to the single‐band structure near the Fermi level, which obstructs typical band …

As an ideal candidate for PbTe, which maintains excellent performance at mid-temperature,
PbSe holds great application potential. In this work, based on an optimized dynamic doping …