Enhanced Electrical, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of SnTe through Equimolar Multication Alloying for Suitable Device Applications

SK Kihoi, US Shenoy, H Kim, JN Kahiu… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
With the ever-growing demand for eco-friendly energy sources to mitigate the global rising
temperatures, the universal insatiable need for sustainable and efficient energy sources are …

Achieving high carrier mobility and low lattice thermal conductivity in GeTe-based alloys by cationic/anionic co-doping

XQ Wang, XQ Hu, JY Lin, CB Li, XT Yu, QY Chen, LL Xi… - Rare Metals, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The IV–VI compound GeTe is considered as a promising alternative to the toxic
PbTe for high-efficiency mid-temperature thermoelectric applications. However, pristine …

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of SnTe by synergistic modulation of Sn self-compensation and In doping

Y Tian, M Hu, S Li, S Jiang, D Liu, H Zhang - Materials Science in …, 2025 - Elsevier
SnTe is considered a potential alternative to PbTe, but the high carrier concentration and
high thermal conductivity limit its thermoelectric performance. In this work, a synergistic …

Cu‐Atom Locations in Rocksalt SnTe Thermoelectric Alloy

Y Kawami, XQ Tran, T Yamamoto… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of functional thermoelectric materials requires direct evidence of dopants'
locations to rationally design the electronic and phononic structure of the host matrix. In this …

Thermoelectric properties enhancement and optimization of SnTe-based material with single doping: RSM-ANN approach

FP Nasution, AR Muchtar, B Yuliarto… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Tin Telluride (SnTe) stands out among semiconductor materials, drawing attention
as an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional Lead Telluride (PbTe). This study …

Reduction of write current with improved thermal stability in GeSe2 doped Sb2Te3 films for Phase Change Memory applications

N Bhatt, S Parveen, A Whab… - Journal of Physics D …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Chalcogenide alloy-based semiconductors have gained significant attention in recent
decades due to its applications in phase change memory (PCM). Sb2Te3 has proven to be …

Point defects, doping and the path to n-type SnTe

N Mishra, G Makov - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024 - Elsevier
Point defects in SnTe were studied using first-principles modeling. Sn vacancies were found
to be spontaneously formed in SnTe and make it intrinsically a p-type semiconductor, in …

Band degeneracy, resonant level formation and low thermal conductivity in dilute In and Ga co-doped thermoelectric compound SnTe

G Jamwal, A Kumar, M Warish, S Chakravarty… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
We report the effect of co-doping of In and Ga at low concentrations on the structural,
electronic, and thermoelectric properties of SnTe based compositions $ Sn_ {1.03-2x} In_ {x} …

Materials sustainability of thermoelectric generators for waste heat utilization

A Bohra, S Vitta - Bulletin of Materials Science, 2025 - Springer
Amount of waste heat exergy generated globally (~ 69.058 EJ) can be divided into low
temperature< 373 K, 30.496 EJ; medium temperature 373–573 K, 14.431 EJ; and high …