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 …

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 …

Rational structural design and manipulation advance SnSe thermoelectrics

XL Shi, WY Chen, X Tao, J Zou, ZG Chen - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectrics can directly harvest electricity from waste heat through the Seebeck effect;
therefore, their use has been regarded as an eco-friendly and sustainable solution to …

Monolayer group IV–VI monochalcogenides: low-dimensional materials for photocatalytic water splitting

C Chowdhury, S Karmakar, A Datta - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Harvesting solar energy for artificial photosynthesis is an emerging area in alternative
energy research. In the present article, we have investigated the photocatalytic properties of …

Nanoribbons: From fundamentals to state-of-the-art applications

M Yagmurcukardes, FM Peeters, RT Senger… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Atomically thin nanoribbons (NRs) have been at the forefront of materials science and
nanoelectronics in recent years. State-of-the-art research on nanoscale materials has …

Nanostructured SnSe: Synthesis, doping, and thermoelectric properties

S Liu, N Sun, M Liu, S Sucharitakul… - Journal of Applied Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
IV-VI monochalcogenide SnSe or SnS has recently been proposed as a promising two-
dimensional (2D) material for valleytronics and thermoelectrics. We report the synthesis of …

2D SnSe-based vdW heterojunctions: tuning the Schottky barrier by reducing Fermi level pinning

W Zhou, Y Guo, J Liu, FQ Wang, X Li, Q Wang - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) SnSe is a very promising material for semiconducting devices due to
its novel properties. However, the contact behavior between a 2D SnSe sheet and a three …

The Unique Edge Reconstructions and Related Edgeless Properties of Mono‐ and Few‐Layered α‐Phase Puckered 2D Materials

M Xia, Y Chang, Z Yu, H Liu, S Zhou, J Zhao… - Small …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The edge reconstruction of two‐dimensional (2D) materials is significant for the stability,
properties, and applications. Significant progress has been made in understanding the edge …

Outstanding intrinsic carrier mobility and transport properties of environmentally stable MX (M= Ga, In; X= S, Se, Te) atomic nanowires

K Kumar, M Sharma - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2023 - Elsevier
Structural stability, electronic, and transport properties of metal monochalcogenides MX (M=
Ga, In; X= S, Se, Te) atomic nanowires have been systematically investigated. To address …

Kinetics-driven one-dimensional growth of van der waals layered SnSe

Z Liu, K Ding, Z Liu, F Zhang, H Zeng… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The one-dimensional (1D) form of van der Waals (vdW) layered compounds attracts growing
interest due to their unusual physical properties and potential for nanoelectronic devices …