Rational structural design and manipulation advance SnSe thermoelectrics

XL Shi, WY Chen, X Tao, J Zou, ZG Chen - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectrics can directly harvest electricity from waste heat through the Seebeck effect;
therefore, their use has been regarded as an eco-friendly and sustainable solution to …

Rethinking SnSe thermoelectrics from computational materials science

S Bai, X Zhang, LD Zhao - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The growing energy crisis and the adverse environmental impacts caused by
carbon-based energy consumption have spurred the exploration of green and sustainable …

Boosting thermoelectric performance of SnSe via tailoring band structure, suppressing bipolar thermal conductivity, and introducing large mass fluctuation

W Lu, S Li, R Xu, J Zhang, D Li, Z Feng… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Here, we report a peak ZT of 1.85 at 873 K for sulfur and Pb codoped polycrystalline SnSe
by boosting electrical transport properties while suppressing the lattice thermal conductivity …

The thermoelectric properties of SnSe continue to surprise: extraordinary electron and phonon transport

C Chang, G Tan, J He, MG Kanatzidis… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric technology enables the harvest of waste heat and its direct conversion into
electricity. Most well-developed strategies aimed at enhancing thermoelectric performance …

High-performance SnSe thermoelectric materials: Progress and future challenge

ZG Chen, X Shi, LD Zhao, J Zou - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials offer an alternative opportunity to tackle the energy crisis and
environmental problems by enabling the direct solid-state energy conversion. As a …

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 …

SnSe, the rising star thermoelectric material: a new paradigm in atomic blocks, building intriguing physical properties

L Xie, D He, J He - Materials Horizons, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric (TE) materials, which enable direct energy conversion between waste heat
and electricity, have witnessed enormous and exciting developments over last several …

High thermoelectric efficiency realized in SnSe crystals via structural modulation

B Qin, D Wang, T Hong, Y Wang, D Liu, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Crystalline thermoelectrics have been developed to be potential candidates for power
generation and electronic cooling, among which SnSe crystals are becoming the most …

Eco‐friendly SnTe thermoelectric materials: progress and future challenges

R Moshwan, L Yang, J Zou… - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As a key type of emerging thermoelectric material, tin telluride (SnTe) has received
extensive attention because of its low toxicity and eco‐friendly nature. The recent trend …

High thermoelectric performance of p-type SnTe via a synergistic band engineering and nanostructuring approach

G Tan, LD Zhao, F Shi, JW Doak, SH Lo… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
SnTe is a potentially attractive thermoelectric because it is the lead-free rock-salt analogue
of PbTe. However, SnTe is a poor thermoelectric material because of its high hole …