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 …

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: Clusters, ribbons, sheets and more

R Lv, H Terrones, AL Elias, N Perea-Lopez… - Nano Today, 2015 - Elsevier
Monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as MoS 2 and WS 2, have
recently triggered worldwide research interest due to their remarkable optical and electronic …

Anisotropic thermoelectric properties of layered compounds in SnX 2 (X= S, Se): a promising thermoelectric material

BZ Sun, Z Ma, C He, K Wu - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectrics interconvert heat to electricity and are of great interest in waste heat
recovery, solid-state cooling and so on. Here we assessed the potential of SnS2 and SnSe2 …

Recent advances in inorganic material thermoelectrics

P Ren, Y Liu, J He, T Lv, J Gao, G Xu - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectrics is a research area that focuses on the development of high-performance
materials for direct thermal and electrical energy conversion in power generation and solid …

High temperature thermoelectric properties of Zr and Hf based transition metal dichalcogenides: A first principles study

G Yumnam, T Pandey, AK Singh - The Journal of chemical physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the electronic and thermal transport properties of bulk MX 2 compounds (M=
Zr, Hf and X= S, Se) by first-principles calculations and semi-classical Boltzmann transport …

New promising bulk thermoelectrics: intermetallics, pnictides and chalcogenides

AP Gonçalves, C Godart - The European Physical Journal B, 2014 - Springer
The need of alternative “green” energy sources has recently renewed the interest in
thermoelectric (TE) materials, which can directly convert heat to electricity or, conversely …

Influence of the choice of precursors on the synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

V Brune, M Grosch, R Weißing, F Hartl, M Frank… - Dalton …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The interest in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs; MEy/2; M= transition metal; E=
chalcogenide, y= valence of the metal) has grown exponentially across various science and …

A statistical approach for the rapid prediction of electron relaxation time using elemental representatives

M Mukherjee, S Satsangi, AK Singh - Chemistry of Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Efficiency of a thermoelectric material relies on a combination of electronic and thermal
transport properties, which are governed by various scattering mechanisms. Explicit …

Enhanced Thermoelectric Efficiency through Li-Induced Phonon Softening in CuGaTe2

JH Pöhls, M MacIver, S Chanakian… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thermoelectric materials convert thermal energy into electrical energy and can be a solution
for the global climate crisis. For advanced thermoelectric applications, the conversion …

Thermoelectric applications of chalcogenides

H Meng, M An, T Luo, N Yang - Chalcogenide, 2020 - Elsevier
The metal chalcogenides, a series of materials composed of both metal and chalcogen
elements, have been attracting significant attention in thermoelectric devices. Compared …