Advanced thermoelectric design: from materials and structures to devices

XL Shi, J Zou, ZG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

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 …

A solvothermal synthetic environmental design for high‐performance SnSe‐based thermoelectric materials

XL Shi, WD Liu, M Li, Q Sun, SD Xu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SnSe is challenging to use in thermoelectric devices due to difficulties in simultaneously
optimizing its thermoelectric and mechanical properties. Here, the authors show a unique …

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 …

Realizing high thermoelectric performance in n‐type highly distorted Sb‐doped SnSe microplates via tuning high electron concentration and inducing intensive crystal …

XL Shi, K Zheng, WD Liu, Y Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, a record high figure of merit (ZT) of≈ 1.1 at 773 K is reported in n‐type highly
distorted Sb‐doped SnSe microplates via a facile solvothermal method. The pellets sintered …

High Thermoelectric Performance in Polycrystalline SnSe Via Dual‐Doping with Ag/Na and Nanostructuring With Ag8SnSe6

Y Luo, S Cai, X Hua, H Chen, Q Liang… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Single crystalline SnSe is one of the most intriguing new thermoelectric materials but the
thermoelectric performance of polycrystalline SnSe seems to lag significantly compared to …

The intrinsic thermal conductivity of SnSe

PC Wei, S Bhattacharya, J He, S Neeleshwar, R Podila… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Figure 1| A scatter plot of thermal conductivity versus density of single and polycrystalline
SnSe. The values are taken along different crystallographic axes and along parallel or …

The effect of doping on thermoelectric performance of p-type SnSe: Promising thermoelectric material

NK Singh, S Bathula, B Gahtori, K Tyagi… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tin selenide (SnSe) based thermoelectric materials are being explored for making
inexpensive and efficient thermoelectric devices with improved thermoelectric efficiency. As …

Achieving high Figure of Merit in p-type polycrystalline Sn0. 98Se via self-doping and anisotropy-strengthening

X Shi, ZG Chen, W Liu, L Yang, M Hong… - Energy Storage …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we report a record peak Figure of Merit (ZT) of 1.36±0.12 in polycrystalline Sn
0.98 Se macro-sized plates, fabricated via a facile solvothermal method. The obtained …

Revisiting the thermoelectric properties of lead telluride

PK Sharma, TD Senguttuvan, VK Sharma… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering wastage of two-third of the world's energy consumption in the form of waste
heat, the thermoelectric (TE) technology has emerged out as an environmentally friendly …