Thermoelectric materials offer an alternative opportunity to tackle the energy crisis and
environmental problems by enabling the direct solid-state energy conversion. As a …

Thermoelectric (TE) materials, which enable direct energy conversion between waste heat
and electricity, have witnessed enormous and exciting developments over last several …

Tin selenide (SnSe), a simple binary compound with low-cost, earth-abundant and eco-
friendly elements, has aroused extensive interest in the thermoelectric community on …

Thermoelectric materials generate electric energy from waste heat, with conversion
efficiency governed by the dimensionless figure of merit, ZT. Single-crystal tin selenide …

The deceptively simple material SnSe has surprised the scientific community by showing an
unexpectedly low thermal conductivity and high power factor and it has become a very …

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 …

Thermoelectric technology enables the harvest of waste heat and its direct conversion into
electricity. Most well-developed strategies aimed at enhancing thermoelectric performance …

Thermoelectric materials have been extensively studied for decades to help resolve the
global energy shortage and environmental problems. Many efforts have been focused on …

The discovery of SnSe single crystals with record high thermoelectric efficiency along the b-
axis has led to the search for ways to synthesize polycrystalline SnSe with similar …

Lead-free tin telluride (SnTe) has been drawn enormous attention recently due to their
potential applications in the mid-temperature thermoelectric power generation. In this study …