Strategies for boosting thermoelectric performance of PbSe: A review

J Sun, Y Zhang, Y Fan, X Tang, G Tan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials enable the direct conversion between waste heat and electric
energy, playing an important role in alleviating energy crisis. Many excellent thermoelectrics …

[HTML][HTML] Low-cost and environmentally benign selenides as promising thermoelectric materials

TR Wei, CF Wu, F Li, JF Li - Journal of Materiomics, 2018 - Elsevier
Developing high-efficiency materials with earth-abundant and low-toxicity elements has
become a popular trend in the field of thermoelectrics. Among these compounds, oxides and …

The panoscopic approach to high performance thermoelectrics

LD Zhao, VP Dravid, MG Kanatzidis - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review discusses recent developments and current research in high performance bulk
thermoelectric materials, comprising nanostructuring, mesostructuring, band alignment …

Weak electron–phonon coupling contributing to high thermoelectric performance in n-type PbSe

H Wang, Y Pei, AD LaLonde… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
PbSe is a surprisingly good thermoelectric material due, in part, to its low thermal
conductivity that had been overestimated in earlier measurements. The thermoelectric figure …

Defect engineering for high-performance n-type PbSe thermoelectrics

C Zhou, YK Lee, J Cha, B Yoo, SP Cho… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Introducing structural defects such as vacancies, nanoprecipitates, and dislocations is a
proven means of reducing lattice thermal conductivity. However, these defects tend to be …

Synergistically optimizing interdependent thermoelectric parameters of n-type PbSe through alloying CdSe

X Qian, H Wu, D Wang, Y Zhang, J Wang… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
PbSe is an alternative of the well-known moderate-temperature thermoelectric material
PbTe, and has attracted much attention because of its advantages of high earth-abundance …

Multiple Converged Conduction Bands in K2Bi8Se13: A Promising Thermoelectric Material with Extremely Low Thermal Conductivity

Y Pei, C Chang, Z Wang, M Yin, M Wu… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report that K2Bi8Se13 exhibits multiple conduction bands that lie close in energy and
can be activated through doping, leading to a highly enhanced Seebeck coefficient and a …

Importance of non-parabolic band effects in the thermoelectric properties of semiconductors

X Chen, D Parker, DJ Singh - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
We present an analysis of the thermoelectric properties of of n-type GeTe and SnTe in
relation to the lead chalcogenides PbTe and PbSe. We find that the singly degenerate …

Contrasting role of antimony and bismuth dopants on the thermoelectric performance of lead selenide

Y Lee, SH Lo, C Chen, H Sun, DY Chung… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Increasing the conversion efficiency of thermoelectric materials is a key scientific driver
behind a worldwide effort to enable heat to electricity power generation at competitive cost …

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance of n‐Type PbSe by Cr Doping with Optimized Carrier Concentration

Q Zhang, EK Chere, K McEnaney… - Advanced Energy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Ti, V, Cr, Nb, and Mo are found to be effective at increasing the Seebeck coefficient and
power factor of n‐type PbSe at temperatures below 600 K. It is found that the higher …