A comprehensive review on Bi2Te3‐based thin films: Thermoelectrics and beyond

X Tang, Z Li, W Liu, Q Zhang… - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bi2Te3‐based materials are not only the most important and widely used room temperature
thermoelectric (TE) materials but are also canonical examples of topological insulators in …

New Insights into Intrinsic Point Defects in V2VI3 Thermoelectric Materials

T Zhu, L Hu, X Zhao, J He - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Defects and defect engineering are at the core of many regimes of material research,
including the field of thermoelectric study. The 60‐year history of V2VI3 thermoelectric …

Tunable Electrical Conductivity and Simultaneously Enhanced Thermoelectric and Mechanical Properties in n‐type Bi2Te3

LY Lou, J Yang, YK Zhu, H Liang, YX Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The recent growing energy crisis draws considerable attention to high‐performance
thermoelectric materials. n‐type bismuth telluride is still irreplaceable at near room …

Site mixing for engineering magnetic topological insulators

Y Liu, LL Wang, Q Zheng, Z Huang, X Wang, M Chi… - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
The van der Waals compound, MnBi 2 Te 4, is the first intrinsic magnetic topological
insulator, providing a materials platform for exploring exotic quantum phenomena such as …

Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bi2Te3 through Significant Phonon Scattering

L Yang, ZG Chen, M Hong, G Han… - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
N-type Bi2Te3 nanostructures were synthesized using a solvothermal method and in turn
sintered using sparking plasma sintering. The sintered n-type Bi2Te3 pellets reserved …

Stability, electronic, and magnetic properties of the magnetically doped topological insulators Se, BiTe, and SbTe

JM Zhang, W Ming, Z Huang, GB Liu, X Kou, Y Fan… - Physical Review B, 2013 - APS
Magnetic interaction with the gapless surface states in a topological insulator (TI) has been
predicted to give rise to a few exotic quantum phenomena. However, the effective magnetic …

Effects of surface band bending and scattering on thermoelectric transport in suspended bismuth telluride nanoplates

MT Pettes, J Maassen, I Jo, MS Lundstrom, L Shi - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
A microdevice was used to measure the in-plane thermoelectric properties of suspended
bismuth telluride nanoplates from 9 to 25 nm thick. The results reveal a suppressed Seebeck …

Nanotwins strengthening high thermoelectric performance bismuth antimony telluride alloys

H Qin, W Qu, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bi2Te3 based thermoelectric alloys have been commercialized in solid‐state refrigeration,
but the poor mechanical properties restrict their further application. Nanotwins have been …

Native defects in antiferromagnetic topological insulator

Z Huang, MH Du, J Yan, W Wu - Physical Review Materials, 2020 - APS
Using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, we visualized the native defects in
antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi 2 Te 4. Two native defects, Mn Bi and Bi Te …

Identifying the Manipulation of Individual Atomic-Scale Defects for Boosting Thermoelectric Performances in Artificially Controlled Bi2Te3 Films

M Zhang, W Liu, C Zhang, S Xie, Z Li, F Hua, J Luo… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The manipulation of individual intrinsic point defects is crucial for boosting the thermoelectric
performances of n-Bi2Te3-based thermoelectric films, but was not achieved in previous …