Insights into low thermal conductivity in inorganic materials for thermoelectrics

T Ghosh, M Dutta, D Sarkar… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Efficient manipulation of thermal conductivity and fundamental understanding of the
microscopic mechanisms of phonon scattering in crystalline solids are crucial to achieve …

Challenges and opportunities in low-dimensional thermoelectric nanomaterials

J Dong, A Suwardi, XY Tan, N Jia, K Saglik, R Ji… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials can convert heat into electrical energy, which can potentially be
used to improve the fuel efficiency of conventional heat engines. In recent decades …

Modular Nanostructures Facilitate Low Thermal Conductivity and Ultra‐High Thermoelectric Performance in n‐Type SnSe

S Chandra, U Bhat, P Dutta, A Bhardwaj… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single crystals of SnSe have gained considerable attention in thermoelectrics due to their
unprecedented thermoelectric performance. However, polycrystalline SnSe is more …

Thermoelectric Performance of Surface-Engineered Cu1.5–xTe–Cu2Se Nanocomposites

C Xing, Y Zhang, K Xiao, X Han, Y Liu, B Nan… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cu2–x S and Cu2–x Se have recently been reported as promising thermoelectric (TE)
materials for medium-temperature applications. In contrast, Cu2–x Te, another member of …

Dramatic enhancement of thermoelectric performance in PbTe by unconventional grain shrinking in the sintering process

P Xu, W Zhao, X Liu, B Jia, J He, L Fu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanostructure engineering is a key strategy for tailoring properties in the fields of batteries,
solar cells, thermoelectrics, and so on. Limited by grain coarsening, however, the …

Surface Chemistry and Band Engineering in AgSbSe2: Toward High Thermoelectric Performance

Y Liu, M Li, S Wan, KH Lim, Y Zhang, M Li, J Li… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
AgSbSe2 is a promising thermoelectric (TE) p-type material for applications in the middle-
temperature range. AgSbSe2 is characterized by relatively low thermal conductivities and …

Re‐Doped p‐Type Thermoelectric SnSe Polycrystals with Enhanced Power Factor and High ZT > 2

B Su, Z Han, Y Jiang, HL Zhuang, J Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric technology enables the direct interconversion between heat and electricity.
SnSe has received increasing interest as a new promising thermoelectric compound due to …

High-performance thermoelectrics based on solution-grown SnSe nanostructures

S Chandra, P Dutta, K Biswas - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional layered tin selenide (SnSe) has attracted immense interest in
thermoelectrics due to its ultralow lattice thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric …

High thermoelectric and mechanical performance in the n-type polycrystalline SnSe incorporated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes

XY Mao, XL Shi, LC Zhai, WD Liu, YX Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we introduce multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in Pb/I co-doped n-
type polycrystal SnSe to simultaneously improve its thermoelectric and mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Design, synthesis, and application of some two-dimensional materials

L Zhang, N Wang, Y Li - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are widely used as key components in the fields of energy
conversion and storage, optoelectronics, catalysis, biomedicine, etc. To meet the practical …