Charge and phonon transport in PbTe-based thermoelectric materials

Y Xiao, LD Zhao - npj Quantum Materials, 2018 - nature.com
PbTe is a typical intermediate-temperature thermoelectric material, which has undergone
extensive developments and achieved excellent high thermoelectric performance. In this …

Thermoelectric power generation: from new materials to devices

G Tan, M Ohta, MG Kanatzidis - … Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thermoelectric technology offers the opportunity of direct conversion between heat and
electricity, and new and exciting materials that can enable this technology to deliver higher …

Extraordinary role of Zn in enhancing thermoelectric performance of Ga-doped n-type PbTe

ZZ Luo, S Cai, S Hao, TP Bailey, Y Luo… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Although Ga doping can weaken the electron phonon coupling in n-type PbTe, Ga-doped
PbTe has a relatively low carrier concentration (n) and high lattice thermal conductivity (κlat) …

Lattice strain advances thermoelectrics

Y Wu, Z Chen, P Nan, F Xiong, S Lin, X Zhang, Y Chen… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Lattice vibrations in crystalline materials generate phonons as heat carriers for heat
conduction, and the phonon dispersion (energy versus momentum) is fundamentally …

Weak Electron–Phonon Coupling and Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in n‐type PbTe–Cu2Se via Dynamic Phase Conversion

M Wu, HH Cui, S Cai, S Hao, Y Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates Ga‐doped n‐type PbTe thermoelectric materials and the dynamic
phase conversion process of the second phases via Cu2Se alloying. Introducing Cu2Se …

Power generation from nanostructured PbTe-based thermoelectrics: comprehensive development from materials to modules

X Hu, P Jood, M Ohta, M Kunii, K Nagase… - Energy & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we demonstrate the use of high performance nanostructured PbTe-based
materials in high conversion efficiency thermoelectric modules. We fabricated the samples of …

Remarkable Roles of Cu To Synergistically Optimize Phonon and Carrier Transport in n-Type PbTe-Cu2Te

Y Xiao, H Wu, W Li, M Yin, Y Pei, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
High thermoelectric performance of n-type PbTe is urgently needed to match its p-type
counterpart. Here, we show a peak ZT∼ 1.5 at 723 K and a record high average ZT> 1.0 at …

Realizing high performance n-type PbTe by synergistically optimizing effective mass and carrier mobility and suppressing bipolar thermal conductivity

Y Xiao, H Wu, J Cui, D Wang, L Fu, Y Zhang… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric materials enable direct inter-conversion between electrical energy and
thermal energy. The conversion efficiency is limited by their complex interdependent …

Excessively doped PbTe with Ge-induced nanostructures enables high-efficiency thermoelectric modules

P Jood, M Ohta, A Yamamoto, MG Kanatzidis - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
The application of thermoelectrics in waste heat recovery requires high conversion
efficiency, which is best achieved through the combination of progressive performance …

Atomic Level Defect Structure Engineering for Unusually High Average Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in n‐Type PbSe Rivalling PbTe

B Ge, H Lee, L Huang, C Zhou, Z Wei, B Cai… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Realizing high average thermoelectric figure of merit (ZTave) and power factor (PFave) has
been the utmost task in thermoelectrics. Here the new strategy to independently improve …