Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices

M Hong, M Li, Y Wang, X Shi, ZG Chen - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Driven by the intensive efforts in the development of high‐performance GeTe
thermoelectrics for mass‐market application in power generation and refrigeration, GeTe …

Lattice dynamics and thermoelectric properties of diamondoid materials

H Xie, LD Zhao, MG Kanatzidis - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The diamondoid compounds are a large family of important semiconductors, which possess
various unique transport properties and had been widely investigated in the fields of …

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 …

Decoupling carrier-phonon scattering boosts the thermoelectric performance of n-type GeTe-based materials

DZ Wang, WD Liu, Y Mao, S Li, LC Yin… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The coupled relationship between carrier and phonon scattering severely limits the
thermoelectric performance of n-type GeTe materials. Here, we provide an efficient strategy …

Charge transfer engineering to achieve extraordinary power generation in GeTe-based thermoelectric materials

C Liu, Z Zhang, Y Peng, F Li, L Miao, E Nishibori… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
By the fine manipulation of the exceptional long-range germanium-telluride (Ge─ Te)
bonding through charge transfer engineering, we have achieved exceptional thermoelectric …

Swift assembly of adaptive thermocell arrays for device-level healable and energy-autonomous motion sensors

X Lu, D Xie, K Zhu, S Wei, Z Mo, C Du, L Liang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
The evolution of wearable technology has prompted the need for adaptive, self-healable,
and energy-autonomous energy devices. This study innovatively addresses this challenge …

In situ design of high‐performance dual‐phase GeSe thermoelectrics by tailoring chemical bonds

L Hu, B Duan, T Lyu, N Lin, C Zhang… - Advanced functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Composite engineering favors high thermoelectric performance by tuning the carrier and
phonon transport. Herein, orthorhombic and rhombohedral dual‐phase GeSe are designed …

Achieving High Carrier Mobility And Thermal Stability in Plainified Rhombohedral GeTe Thermoelectric Materials with zT > 2

M Zhang, Z Gao, Q Lou, Q Zhu, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
GeTe is a very promising thermoelectric material, but the presence of massive intrinsic Ge
vacancies leads to an overhigh hole concentration and poor thermal stability. Counter …

Defect Engineering Advances Thermoelectric Materials

C Wu, XL Shi, L Wang, W Lyu, P Yuan, L Cheng… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Defect engineering is an effective method for tuning the performance of thermoelectric
materials and shows significant promise in advancing thermoelectric performance. Given the …

Advancements in thermoelectric materials: optimization strategies for enhancing energy conversion

H Han, L Zhao, X Wu, B Zuo, S Bian, T Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials are a highly promising category of energy conversion materials. In
this paper, we present a multitude of approaches to enhance the efficacy of these materials …