Low-toxic, earth-abundant nanostructured materials for thermoelectric applications

FF Jaldurgam, Z Ahmad, F Touati - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article presents recent research directions in the study of Earth-abundant, cost-effective,
and low-toxic advanced nanostructured materials for thermoelectric generator (TEG) …

High Thermoelectric Performance in Cu2SnS3 by Control Over Phase‐Dependent Mobility Edge

D Zhang, B Zhang, Z Zhou, G Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Complex thermoelectric materials composed of multiple phases with order/disorder mixing
feature have drawn intense attention due to their high performance. However, some physical …

Polytypic metal chalcogenide nanocrystals

L Wu, Y Li, GQ Liu, SH Yu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
By engineering chemically identical but structurally distinct materials into intricate and
sophisticated polytypic nanostructures, which often surpass their pure phase objects and …

Effects of Grain Size on the Thermoelectric Properties of Cu2SnS3: An Experimental and First-Principles Study

K Lohani, H Nautiyal, N Ataollahi, K Maji… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cu–Sn-based sulfides are earth-abundant and nontoxic compounds of special interest for
low-cost energy harvesting applications. In the present work, we have investigated the effect …

Mechanochemical Synthesis of Sustainable Ternary and Quaternary Nanostructured Cu2SnS3, Cu2ZnSnS4, and Cu2ZnSnSe4 Chalcogenides for …

H Nautiyal, K Lohani, B Mukherjee, E Isotta… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Copper-based chalcogenides have emerged as promising thermoelectric materials due to
their high thermoelectric performance, tunable transport properties, earth abundance and …

Facile and low-cost fabrication of Cu/Zn/Sn-based ternary and quaternary chalcogenides thermoelectric generators

U Syafiq, E Isotta, N Ataollahi, K Lohani… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, Cu/Zn/Sn-based ternary and quaternary chalcogenides inks were synthesized
via hot injection and/or from ball-milled powders. The synthesized inks were used to …

Thermoelectric Cu–S-based materials synthesized via a scalable mechanochemical process

P Baláž, M Achimovičová, M Baláž… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this work, Cu-based sulfides (chalcopyrite CuFeS2, mohite Cu2SnS3, tetrahedrite
Cu12Sb4S13, mawsonite Cu6Fe2SnS8, and kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4) were synthesized by …

Experimental and Ab Initio Study of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) Polymorphs for Thermoelectric Applications

K Lohani, H Nautiyal, N Ataollahi… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cu2SnS3 (CTS) is a medium-temperature, ecofriendly, p-type thermoelectric material known
for phonon-glass-electron-crystal characteristic. In the present work, ordered and disordered …

Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Cubic CuFeS2 Induced by Atomic Disorder

D Zhang, B Zhang, ZZ Zhou, K Peng, H Wu… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lattice thermal conductivity is of great importance to design high-performance thermoelectric
(TE) materials. In chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) with an ordered tetragonal structure, which is an …

Origin of a Simultaneous Suppression of Thermal Conductivity and Increase of Electrical Conductivity and Seebeck Coefficient in Disordered Cubic Cu2ZnSnS4

E Isotta, B Mukherjee, C Fanciulli, N Ataollahi… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
The parameters governing the thermoelectric efficiency of a material, Seebeck coefficient,
electrical, and thermal conductivities, are correlated and their reciprocal interdependence …