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 …

Layer-structured anisotropic metal chalcogenides: recent advances in synthesis, modulation, and applications

A Giri, G Park, U Jeong - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The unique electronic and catalytic properties emerging from low symmetry anisotropic (1D
and 2D) metal chalcogenides (MCs) have generated tremendous interest for use in next …

Exploring two-dimensional materials toward the next-generation circuits: from monomer design to assembly control

M Zeng, Y Xiao, J Liu, K Yang, L Fu - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted tremendous research interest since the
breakthrough of graphene. Their unique optical, electronic, and mechanical properties hold …

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 …

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 …

Recent progress of two-dimensional thermoelectric materials

D Li, Y Gong, Y Chen, J Lin, Q Khan, Y Zhang, Y Li… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 - Springer
Thermoelectric generators have attracted a wide research interest owing to their ability to
directly convert heat into electrical power. Moreover, the thermoelectric properties of …

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 …

Tin selenide (SnSe): growth, properties, and applications

W Shi, M Gao, J Wei, J Gao, C Fan… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The indirect bandgap semiconductor tin selenide (SnSe) has been a research hotspot in the
thermoelectric fields since a ZT (figure of merit) value of 2.6 at 923 K in SnSe single crystals …

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 …

Constructing n-type Ag2Se/CNTs composites toward synergistically enhanced thermoelectric and mechanical performance

H Wang, X Liu, Z Zhou, H Wu, Y Chen, B Zhang… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Silver selenide (Ag 2 Se) is emerging as an intriguing material for thermoelectric
refrigeration and energy harvesting at near room temperature. To promote the practical …