High‐Ranged ZT Value Promotes Thermoelectric Cooling and Power Generation in n‐Type PbTe

Y Xiao, H Wu, H Shi, L Xu, Y Zhu, Y Qin… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Excellent thermoelectric cooling and power generation are simultaneously realized in an n‐
type PbTe‐based thermoelectric material. The cooling temperature difference (ΔT) of≈ 15.6 …

Synergistically optimizing thermoelectric transport properties of n-type PbTe via Se and Sn co-alloying

Y Xiao, W Li, C Chang, Y Chen, L Huang, J He… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
We report n-type PbTe with a maximum ZT∼ 1.2 at 673 K and an average ZT ave∼ 0.84 at
300–823 K, which was achieved through a Sn and Se co-alloying approach. We find that the …

Realizing high performance n-type PbTe by synergistically optimizing effective mass and carrier mobility and suppressing bipolar thermal conductivity

Y Xiao, H Wu, J Cui, D Wang, L Fu, Y Zhang… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials enable direct inter-conversion between electrical energy and
thermal energy. The conversion efficiency is limited by their complex interdependent …

High thermoelectric performance of n-type PbTe1− ySy due to deep lying states induced by indium doping and spinodal decomposition

Q Zhang, EK Chere, Y Wang, HS Kim, R He, F Cao… - Nano Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Good thermoelectric materials should have high engineering figure-of-merit (ZT) eng, not
peak ZT, to achieve high conversion efficiency. In this work, we achieved a good (ZT) eng by …

Synergistically optimizing carrier and phonon transport properties in n-type PbTe through I doping and SnSe alloying

W Liu, T Hong, S Dong, D Wang, X Gao, Y Xiao… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
PbTe is a promising thermoelectric material, but the properties in n-type PbTe need further
improvement to match its advanced p-type material. In this work, the thermoelectric …

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of n-type PbTe through introducing PbSe by a fast preparation method

W Zhang, Z Zhou, Y Yang, Y Zheng, B Wei, JL Lan… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
N-type PbTe-based materials exhibit promising thermoelectric performance around 600–
900 K, while the near room-temperature thermoelectric performance still needs to be …

Enhanced average power factor and ZT value in PbSe thermoelectric material with dual interstitial doping

L Xu, X Wang, Y Wang, Z Gao, X Ding… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials necessitate both high power factors and ZT values in practical
applications, as they determine the output power and conversion efficiency, respectively …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced thermoelectric performance of PbTe bulk materials with figure of merit zT> 2 by multi-functional alloying

T Fu, X Yue, H Wu, C Fu, T Zhu, X Liu, L Hu, P Ying… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Forming solid solutions in PbTe based materials can simultaneously reduce lattice thermal
conductivity and engineer the band structure to enhance the electrical properties. In this …

Dense dislocations enable high-performance PbSe thermoelectric at low-medium temperatures

L Xu, Y Xiao, S Wang, B Cui, D Wu, X Ding… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
PbSe-based thermoelectric materials exhibit promising ZT values at medium temperature,
but its near-room-temperature thermoelectric properties are overlooked, thus restricting its …

Ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity realizing ultra-high performance Bi 0.48 Sb 1.52 Te 3-based thermoelectric material and module

H Li, L Chen, Z Guo, G Wu, X Tan, Q Zhang… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The component regulation in Bi2Te3-based materials usually simultaneously decreases the
lattice thermal conductivity and carrier mobility, which makes it difficult to improve the …