Polycrystalline SnSe with Extraordinary Thermoelectric Property via Nanoporous Design

X Shi, A Wu, W Liu, R Moshwan, Y Wang, ZG Chen… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Nanoporous materials possess low thermal conductivities derived from effective phonon
scatterings at grain boundaries and interfaces. Thus nanoporous thermoelectric materials …

Achieving high thermoelectric performance with Pb and Zn codoped polycrystalline SnSe via phase separation and nanostructuring strategies

J Liu, P Wang, M Wang, R Xu, J Zhang, J Liu, D Li… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric technology, enables direct conversion between heat and electricity and may
have a significant impact on heat pumps and power generators. SnSe emerges as a …

Ultrahigh Average ZT Realized in p-Type SnSe Crystalline Thermoelectrics through Producing Extrinsic Vacancies

B Qin, Y Zhang, D Wang, Q Zhao, B Gu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Crystalline SnSe has been revealed as an efficient thermoelectric candidate with
outstanding performance. Herein, record-high thermoelectric performance is achieved …

A solvothermal synthetic environmental design for high‐performance SnSe‐based thermoelectric materials

XL Shi, WD Liu, M Li, Q Sun, SD Xu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SnSe is challenging to use in thermoelectric devices due to difficulties in simultaneously
optimizing its thermoelectric and mechanical properties. Here, the authors show a unique …

Optimization of sodium hydroxide for securing high thermoelectric performance in polycrystalline Sn1 − xSe via anisotropy and vacancy synergy

XL Shi, WD Liu, AY Wu, VT Nguyen, H Gao, Q Sun… - InfoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The morphology and composition are two key factors to determine the thermoelectric
performance of aqueously synthesized tin selenide (SnSe) crystals; however, their …

Achieving high thermoelectric figure of merit in polycrystalline SnSe via introducing Sn vacancies

W Wei, C Chang, T Yang, J Liu, H Tang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric power generation technology has emerged as a clean “heat engine” that can
convert heat to electricity. Recently, the discovery of an ultrahigh thermoelectric figure of …

Lattice strain leads to high thermoelectric performance in polycrystalline SnSe

X Lou, S Li, X Chen, Q Zhang, H Deng, J Zhang, D Li… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polycrystalline SnSe materials with ZT values comparable to those of SnSe crystals are
greatly desired due to facile processing, machinability, and scale-up application. Here …

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 …

Nanoscale pores plus precipitates rendering high-performance thermoelectric SnTe1-xSex with refined band structures

M Hong, Y Wang, S Xu, X Shi, L Chen, J Zou, ZG Chen - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric performance is proportional to the thermal conductivity reciprocal and power-
factor, which are impacted by microstructures and electronic band structures, respectively …

High thermoelectric performance in n-type polycrystalline SnSe via dual incorporation of Cl and PbSe and dense nanostructures

J Cha, C Zhou, YK Lee, SP Cho… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Despite extensive studies on emerging thermoelectric material SnSe, its n-type form is
largely underdeveloped mainly due to the difficulty in stabilizing the carrier concentration at …