The coupling relationship between electrical and thermal transports makes it rather
challenging to enhance thermoelectric performance. Here, electrical and thermal transports …

Ideal thermoelectrics shall possess a high average ZT, which relies on high carrier mobility
and appropriate carrier density at operating temperature. However, conventional doping …

Thermoelectric materials necessitate both high power factors and ZT values in practical
applications, as they determine the output power and conversion efficiency, respectively …

PbSe-based thermoelectric materials exhibit promising ZT values at medium temperature,
but its near-room-temperature thermoelectric properties are overlooked, thus restricting its …

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

To date, thermoelectric performance has been enhanced through improving the power factor
and/or reducing the lattice thermal conductivity. Here, we report an effective method of …

As an attractive tellurium-free thermoelectric material, PbSe-based materials have been
intensively studied for intermediate temperature power generation. Here we show that a …

PbSe has attracted much attention due to the earth-abundant element Se and low cost.
Herein, we present a peak ZT value of 1.44 and an average ZT value of approximately 1.0 in …

Among mid-temperature thermoelectric materials, PbSe is deemed as a natural replacement
of PbTe owing to the much larger abundance of selenium than tellurium. Usually, extra Cu …

PbS shares several similar features with PbTe and PbSe, and it is much more earth-
abundant and inexpensive, which is characteristic of promising Te/Se-free thermoelectric …