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 …

Evaluation on the thermoelectric cooling ability of PbTe

S Liu, Y Qin, B Qin, Y Xiao, LD Zhao - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
High thermoelectric cooling efficiency requires a high average ZT value, especially in a low
temperature range. PbTe-based compounds are typical intermediate-temperature …

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 …

Enhancement of thermoelectric performance in n-type PbTe1− ySey by doping Cr and tuning Te: Se ratio

EK Chere, Q Zhang, K McEnaney, M Yao, F Cao, J Sun… - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Lead telluride and its alloys have been extensively studied for medium temperature
thermoelectric applications due to decent figure-of-merit (ZT) at temperature close to 900 K …

[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 …

Enhancing thermoelectric performance of n-type PbTe through separately optimizing phonon and charge transport properties

Z Yang, S Wang, Y Sun, Y Xiao, LD Zhao - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The n-type PbTe still maintains relatively low thermoelectric performance compared with its
p-type counterpart. Thus, to promote its performance in n-type PbTe, we conduct successive …

Synergistically Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance of n‐Type PbTe with Indium Doping and Sulfur Alloying

D Wang, Y Qin, S Wang, Y Qiu, D Ren… - Annalen der …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To achieve high‐performance n‐type PbTe‐based thermoelectric materials, this work
provides a synergetic strategy to improve electrical transport property with indium (In) …

Subtle roles of Sb and S in regulating the thermoelectric properties of n‐type PbTe to high performance

G Tan, CC Stoumpos, S Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

ZnTe alloying effect on enhanced thermoelectric properties of p-type PbTe

K Ahn, H Shin, J Im, SH Park… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We investigate the effect of ZnTe incorporation on PbTe to enhance thermoelectric
performance. We report structural, microscopic, and spectroscopic characterizations, ab …

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 …