Review of current high-ZT thermoelectric materials

J Wei, L Yang, Z Ma, P Song, M Zhang, J Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
Thermoelectric materials are capable of converting heat and electricity to each other.
Thermoelectric devices can be miniaturized and highly integrated with existing …

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 …

3D charge and 2D phonon transports leading to high out-of-plane ZT in n-type SnSe crystals

C Chang, M Wu, D He, Y Pei, CF Wu, X Wu, H Yu… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Thermoelectric technology enables the harvest of waste heat and its direct conversion into
electricity. The conversion efficiency is determined by the materials figure of merit ZT. Here …

Modular Nanostructures Facilitate Low Thermal Conductivity and Ultra‐High Thermoelectric Performance in n‐Type SnSe

S Chandra, U Bhat, P Dutta, A Bhardwaj… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single crystals of SnSe have gained considerable attention in thermoelectrics due to their
unprecedented thermoelectric performance. However, polycrystalline SnSe is more …

Energy‐saving pathways for thermoelectric nanomaterial synthesis: hydrothermal/solvothermal, microwave‐assisted, solution‐based, and powder processing

N Nandihalli, DH Gregory, T Mori - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The pillars of Green Chemistry necessitate the development of new chemical
methodologies and processes that can benefit chemical synthesis in terms of energy …

Advances in thermoelectrics

J Mao, Z Liu, J Zhou, H Zhu, Q Zhang, G Chen… - Advances in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Thermoelectric generators, capable of directly converting heat into electricity, hold great
promise for tackling the ever-increasing energy sustainability issue. The thermoelectric …

Review of experimental approaches for improving zT of thermoelectric materials

Z Ma, J Wei, P Song, M Zhang, L Yang, J Ma… - Materials Science in …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past years, various work has been devoted to improving the thermoelectric figure of
merit zT, and remarkable advances have been achieved. In 2019, an abnormal zT value …

High‐performance thermoelectric SnSe: aqueous synthesis, innovations, and challenges

XL Shi, X Tao, J Zou, ZG Chen - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tin selenide (SnSe) is one of the most promising candidates to realize environmentally
friendly, cost‐effective, and high‐performance thermoelectrics, derived from its outstanding …

Inorganic thermoelectric materials: A review

MN Hasan, H Wahid, N Nayan… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric generator, which converts heat into electrical energy, has great potential to
power portable devices. Nevertheless, the efficiency of a thermoelectric generator suffers …

Defect engineering in solution-processed polycrystalline SnSe leads to high thermoelectric performance

Y Liu, M Calcabrini, Y Yu, S Lee, C Chang, J David… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
SnSe has emerged as one of the most promising materials for thermoelectric energy
conversion due to its extraordinary performance in its single-crystal form and its low-cost …