Although Ga doping can weaken the electron phonon coupling in n-type PbTe, Ga-doped
PbTe has a relatively low carrier concentration (n) and high lattice thermal conductivity (κlat) …

p-type PbTe is the most sought-after material in thermoelectrics due to its ultrahigh
thermoelectric figure of merit (zT), but the performance of n-type PbTe lags behind due to the …

PbTe-based thermoelectric materials are some of the most promising for converting heat into
electricity, but their n-type versions still lag in performance the p-type ones. Here, we …

PbTe is a typical intermediate-temperature thermoelectric material, which has undergone
extensive developments and achieved excellent high thermoelectric performance. In this …

In this work, we show the simultaneous enhancement of electrical transport and reduction of
phonon propagation in p-type PbTe codoped with Tl and Na. The effective use of advanced …

Thermoelectric materials enable direct inter-conversion between electrical energy and
thermal energy. The conversion efficiency is limited by their complex interdependent …

Microstructure control and carrier concentration engineering are effective approaches to
optimize thermal transport and electrical properties in thermoelectric materials. Hereby, we …

A high ZT (thermoelectric figure of merit) of≈ 1.4 at 900 K for n‐type PbTe is reported,
through modifying its electrical and thermal properties by incorporating Sb and S …

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 …

Compared to commercially available p‐type PbTe thermoelectrics, SnTe has a much bigger
band offset between its two valence bands and a much higher lattice thermal conductivity …