Lattice dynamics and thermoelectric properties of diamondoid materials

H Xie, LD Zhao, MG Kanatzidis - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The diamondoid compounds are a large family of important semiconductors, which possess
various unique transport properties and had been widely investigated in the fields of …

Physics and technology of thermoelectric materials and devices

A Dadhich, M Saminathan, K Kumari… - Journal of Physics D …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The continuous depletion of fossil fuels and the increasing demand for eco-friendly and
sustainable energy sources have prompted researchers to look for alternative energy …

High thermoelectric performance and compatibility in Cu 3 SbSe 4–CuAlS 2 composites

Y Huang, X Shen, G Wang, B Zhang, S Zheng… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing a non-toxic tellurium-free alternative for PbTe is crucial for large-scale waste
heat recovery. Here we demonstrate that a simple Cu3SbSe4–CuAlS2 composite can reach …

Realizing high in-plane carrier mobility in n-type SnSe crystals through deformation potential modification

H Shi, L Su, S Bai, B Qin, Y Wang, S Liu… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric technology, as one solution to energy harvesting, offers a direct and
reversible conversion between electricity and heat. The emerging thermoelectric material …

Silver atom off-centering in diamondoid solid solutions causes crystallographic distortion and suppresses lattice thermal conductivity

H Xie, Z Li, Y Liu, Y Zhang, C Uher… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The class I–III–VI2 diamondoid compounds with tetrahedral bonding are important
semiconductors widely applied in optoelectronics. Understanding their heat transport …

Unbiased Screening of Novel Infrared Nonlinear Optical Materials with High Thermal Conductivity: Long‐neglected Nitrides and Popular Chalcogenides

D Chu, Y Huang, C Xie, E Tikhonov… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional infrared (IR) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials such as AgGaS2 are crucial to key
devices for solid‐state lasers, however, low laser damage thresholds intrinsically hinder …

Phase-dependent microstructure modification leads to high thermoelectric performance in n-type layered SnSe2

Y Wei, J Li, D Zhang, B Zhang, Z Zhou, G Han, G Wang… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Microstructure control is crucial for thermoelectrics since it is intimately related to the
scattering mechanism of both electrons and phonons. Herein, we propose a new strategy to …

Incompletely Decomposed In4SnSe4 Leads to High‐Ranged Thermoelectric Performance in n‐Type PbTe

H Shi, Y Qin, B Qin, L Su, Y Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Additives in thermoelectric materials are conventionally considered as either extrinsic
defects or second phases regardless of their dynamic processes. Herein, In4SnSe4, with …

Anharmonicity in thermal insulators: An analysis from first principles

F Knoop, TAR Purcell, M Scheffler, C Carbogno - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The anharmonicity of atomic motion limits the thermal conductivity in crystalline solids.
However, a microscopic understanding of the mechanisms active in strong thermal …

Data analytics accelerates the experimental discovery of Cu 1− x Ag x GaTe 2 based thermoelectric chalcogenides with high figure of merit

Y Zhong, X Hu, D Sarker, X Su, Q Xia, L Xu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric (TE) materials allow us to harvest energy practically from any heat source,
including heat that would be otherwise wasted. This huge promise of energy harvesting is …