Chemical doping is an indispensable means of improving the performance of thermoelectric
materials, while one bottleneck for maximizing optimization is the low solubility of dopants …

In this work, the thermoelectric performance of p-type PbSe was improved dramatically by
enhancing the Seebeck coefficient and reducing electronic thermal conductivity through …

From a practical application perspective, achieving a high thermoelectric performance for
both n and p types in one system is particularly desirable. Here, we provide a new strategy …

Grain refinement is a successful strategy to depress lattice thermal conductivity and improve
the performance of thermoelectric materials, while it often requires complex processing …

As an inexpensive and earth abundant analogue of PbTe, PbSe has aroused growing
attention recently as advanced thermoelectric materials. In the present report, the effect of …

Here, we have systematically explored the effects of rare-earth metal La doping on the
thermoelectric properties of PbSe. The results show that i) La is an effective n-type dopant to …

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

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 …

Among the intricately coupled thermoelectric parameters, carrier effective mass (m*) and
carrier density (n) are two key parameters to determine the electrical transport properties. To …

Thermoelectric generators can convert heat directly into usable electric power but suffer from
low efficiencies and high costs, which have hindered wide-scale applications. Accordingly …