Thermoelectric enhancement of different kinds of metal chalcogenides

C Han, Q Sun, Z Li, SX Dou - Advanced Energy Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the urgency of our energy and environmental issues, a variety of cost‐effective and
pollution‐free technologies have attracted considerable attention, among which …

[HTML][HTML] Defects engineering with multiple dimensions in thermoelectric materials

C Zhao, Z Li, T Fan, C Xiao, Y Xie - Research, 2020 - spj.science.org
Going through decades of development, great progress in both theory and experiment has
been achieved in thermoelectric materials. With the growing enhancement in thermoelectric …

Microstructural iterative reconstruction toward excellent thermoelectric performance in MnTe

Y Luo, J Wang, J Yang, D Mao, J Cui, B Jia… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Earth-abundant manganese telluride (MnTe) with a hexagonal structure has shown
significant thermoelectric conversion potential; however, the drawbacks of low carrier …

Synergistically optimized electrical and thermal transport properties of SnTe via alloying high-solubility MnTe

H Wu, C Chang, D Feng, Y Xiao, X Zhang… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Lead chalcogenides are the most efficient thermoelectric materials. In comparison, SnTe, a
lead-free analogue of PbTe, exhibits inferior thermoelectric performance due to low Seebeck …

Paramagnon drag in high thermoelectric figure of merit Li-doped MnTe

Y Zheng, T Lu, MMH Polash, M Rasoulianboroujeni… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Local thermal magnetization fluctuations in Li-doped MnTe are found to increase its
thermopower α strongly at temperatures up to 900 K. Below the Néel temperature (TN~ 307 …

Composition and Architecture Design of Double‐Shelled Co0.85Se1−xSx@Carbon/Graphene Hollow Polyhedron with Superior Alkali (Li, Na, K)‐Ion Storage

C Wang, B Zhang, H Xia, L Cao, B Luo, X Fan, J Zhang… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The exploration of materials with reversible and stable electrochemical performance is
crucial in energy storage, which can (de) intercalate all the alkali‐metal ions (Li+, Na+, and …

Multiple valence bands convergence and localized lattice engineering lead to superhigh thermoelectric figure of merit in MnTe

S Zulkifal, Z Wang, X Zhang, S Siddique… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
MnTe has been considered a promising candidate for lead‐free mid‐temperature range
thermoelectric clean energy conversions. However, the widespread use of this technology is …

Lattice distortions and multiple valence band convergence contributing to high thermoelectric performance in MnTe

W Xiong, Z Wang, X Zhang, C Wang, L Yin, Y Gong… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Here, a new route is proposed for the minimization of lattice thermal conductivity in MnTe
through considerable increasing phonon scattering by introducing dense lattice distortions …

Photoinduced Nonvolatile Displacive Transformation and Optical Switching in MnTe Semiconductors

S Mori, H Tanimura, T Ichitsubo… - ACS applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
MnTe is considered a promising candidate for next-generation phase change materials
owing to the reversible and nonvolatile phase transformation between its α and β'phases by …

High-performance eco-friendly MnTe thermoelectrics through introducing SnTe nanocrystals and manipulating band structure

H Deng, X Lou, W Lu, J Zhang, D Li, S Li, Q Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
MnTe, which is comprised of earth-abundant and environmentally friendly elements, shows
great potential for waste heat recovery in the moderate temperature range. However, its low …