Metavalent Bonding in Cubic SnSe Alloys Improves Thermoelectric Properties over a Broad Temperature Range

N Lin, S Han, T Ghosh, CF Schön, D Kim… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Monocrystalline SnSe is one of the most promising thermoelectric materials with outstanding
performance and a high abundance of constituting elements. However, polycrystalline …

Enhancing p-type thermoelectric performances of polycrystalline SnSe via tuning phase transition temperature

YK Lee, K Ahn, J Cha, C Zhou, HS Kim… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
SnSe emerges as a new class of thermoelectric materials since the recent discovery of an
ultrahigh thermoelectric figure of merit in its single crystals. Achieving such performance in …

Using heterostructural alloying to tune the structure and properties of the thermoelectric Sn 1− x Ca x Se

BE Matthews, AM Holder, LT Schelhas, S Siol… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We grow and kinetically stabilize the isotropic rocksalt phase of SnSe thin films by alloying
SnSe with CaSe. Thin polycrystalline films of the metastable heterostructural alloy Sn1 …

Improvement of anisotropic thermoelectric performance in polycrystalline SnSe by metallic AgSnSe2 compositing

H Huo, Y Zhang, K Guo, X Yang, J Xing, S Li… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
SnSe is an emerging star material in thermoelectric community owing to its attractive
electronic band structure and ultralow intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity. By now, aliovalent …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in ultrahigh thermoelectric performance material SnSe

AK Munirathnappa, H Lee, I Chung - Materials Lab, 2023 - matlab.labapress.com
This perspective discusses the surprising discovery and development of SnSe
thermoelectrics. Undoped, hole-doped, and electron-doped SnSe single crystals have …

Realizing high thermoelectric performance in p-type SnSe through crystal structure modification

B Qin, D Wang, W He, Y Zhang, H Wu… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The simple binary compound SnSe has been reported as a robust thermoelectric material
for energy conversion by showing strong anharmonicity and multiple electronic valence …

Synergistically optimized electrical and thermal transport properties of polycrystalline SnSe via alloying SnS

Q Zhao, D Wang, B Qin, G Wang, Y Qiu… - Journal of Solid State …, 2019 - Elsevier
SnSe crystals were reported to possess extraordinary thermoelectric performance, while the
polycrystals were less marked due to the inferior carrier and phonon transport properties …

[PDF][PDF] Synergistic optimization of thermoelectric performance in SnSe 2 through Co-doping: anionic vacancy formation and band engineering

M Nisar, W Qin, J Zhang, Z Zheng, F Li, G Liang… - Materials …, 2023 - matlab.labapress.com
SnSe2 is a layered crystal structure material that is abundant in the Earth's crust and
considered non-toxic. However, its thermoelectric properties are anisotropic due to the …

Realizing high thermoelectric performance in p-Type SnSe crystals via convergence of multiple electronic valence bands

S Siddique, Y Gong, G Abbas… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
SnSe crystals have gained considerable interest for their outstanding thermoelectric
performance. Here, we achieve excellent thermoelectric properties in Sn0. 99–x Pb x Zn0 …