General strategies to improve thermoelectric performance with an emphasis on tin and germanium chalcogenides as thermoelectric materials

M Rakshit, D Jana, D Banerjee - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectric (TE) materials have attracted tremendous research interests over the past
few decades, due to their application in power generation technology from waste heat …

Lead-free SnTe-based compounds as advanced thermoelectrics

Y Zhang, J Sun, J Shuai, X Tang, G Tan - Materials Today Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric materials are able to realize the direct energy conversion between heat and
electricity and have great potential in power generation and Peltier cooling. SnTe, an old but …

Vacancy Manipulation Induced Optimal Carrier Concentration, Band Convergence and Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Nano‐Crystalline SnTe Yielding Superior …

T Zhang, W Pan, S Ning, N Qi, Z Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Synergetic optimization of electrical and thermal transport properties is achieved for SnTe‐
based nano‐crystalline materials. Gd doping is able to suppress the Sn vacancy, which is …

Enhancing quantum yield of CsPb (BrxCl1-x) 3 nanocrystals through lanthanum doping for efficient blue light-emitting diodes

S Zhang, H Liu, X Li, S Wang - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
All-inorganic perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) have attracted great attention in
optoelectronic applications. However, compared with green and red PQDs, the poor …

The effect of rare earth element doping on thermoelectric properties of GeTe

WY Lyu, WD Liu, M Li, M Hong, K Guo, J Luo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
GeTe has attracted extensive attention due to high thermoelectric performance. Herein, we
comprehensively investigate the effect of rare earth element (Eu, Gd, Er and Tm) …

SnTe thermoelectrics: dual step approach for enhanced performance

DK Bhat, US Shenoy - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020 - Elsevier
Doping of SnTe to achieve desirable properties has been a wide spread approach in the
recent past to enhance its thermoelectric performance. Herein, we apply a dual approach …

Quasi-random distribution of distorted nanostructures enhances thermoelectric performance of high-entropy chalcopyrite

S Acharya, J Hwang, K Kim, J Kim, W Hwang, A Soon… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Here, we suggest that the quasi-random distribution of distorted nanostructures (QDDN),
which is unique in high-entropy materials, is the reason for superior thermoelectric …

High thermoelectric performance of ZnO by coherent phonon scattering and optimized charge transport

S Acharya, BK Yu, J Hwang, J Kim… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
ZnO is identified as a potentially attractive n‐type oxide thermoelectric material due to its
abundance, nontoxicity, and a high degree of stability. However, working with ZnO is …

Maximization of transporting bands for high-performance SnTe alloy thermoelectrics

J Tang, Z Yao, Z Chen, S Lin, X Zhang, F Xiong… - Materials Today …, 2019 - Elsevier
Environment-friendly thermoelectric SnTe has recently attracted much attention as a top
candidate for replacing conventional p-type PbTe. Effective strategies leading to great …

DFT and experimental investigations on CdTe1-xSex for thermoelectric and optoelectronic applications

M Saleem, F Ullah, MT Qureshi, RSA Hameed… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The optical and electronic characteristics of CdTe-based semiconductors play an important
role in modern optoelectronic devices. In the current study, pure and Se doped CdTe …