High performance thermoelectric materials and devices based on GeTe

The Origin of Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in InTe: Lone-Pair-Induced Anharmonic Rattling

(2016) Manoj K. Jana et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Thinking Like a Chemist: Intuition in Thermoelectric Materials

(2016) Wolfgang G. Zeier et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The origin of low thermal conductivity in Sn1−xSbxTe: phonon scattering via layered intergrowth nanostructures

(2016) Ananya Banik et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Low-cost, abundant binary sulfides as promising thermoelectric materials

(2016) Zhen-Hua Ge et al.   Materials Today

Reduction of thermal conductivity through nanostructuring enhances the thermoelectric figure of merit in Ge1−xBixTe

(2016) Suresh Perumal et al.   Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

Thermoelectric Devices for Power Generation: Recent Progress and Future Challenges 

(2015) Qi Hao Zhang et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Tailoring of Electronic Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of a Topological Crystalline Insulator by Chemical Doping

(2015) Subhajit Roychowdhury et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

High Thermoelectric Performance and Enhanced Mechanical Stability of p-type Ge1–xSbxTe

(2015) Suresh Perumal et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Mg Alloying in SnTe Facilitates Valence Band Convergence and Optimizes Thermoelectric Properties

(2015) Ananya Banik et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Thermoelectric efficiency of (1 − x)(GeTe) x(Bi2Se0.2Te2.8) and implementation into highly performing thermoelectric power generators

(2015) J. Koenig et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Effects of Mn substitution on the phases and thermoelectric properties of Ge0.8Pb0.2Te alloy

(2015) Z.W. Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit Values of Germanium Antimony Tellurides with Kinetically Stable Cobalt Germanide Precipitates

(2015) Felix Fahrnbauer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Studies on mechanical properties of thermoelectric materials by nanoindentation

(2015) Ran He et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe

(2015) L.-D. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Functional Graded Germanium-Lead Chalcogenide-Based Thermoelectric Module for Renewable Energy Applications

(2015) Eden Hazan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

High thermoelectric and mechanical performance in highly dense Cu2−xS bulks prepared by a melt-solidification technique

(2015) Lanling Zhao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

High thermoelectric performance of Ge1−xPbxSe0.5Te0.5 due to (Pb, Se) co-doping

(2014) J.Q. Li et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Influence of Mn on crystal structure and thermoelectric properties of GeTe compounds

(2014) J. K. Lee et al.   Electronic Materials Letters

Temperature Dependent Reversible p–n–p Type Conduction Switching with Colossal Change in Thermopower of Semiconducting AgCuS

(2014) Satya N. Guin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Origin of the High Performance in GeTe-Based Thermoelectric Materials upon Bi2Te3 Doping

(2014) Di Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals

(2014) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   NATURE

Transport properties and valence band feature of high-performance (GeTe)85(AgSbTe2)15thermoelectric materials

(2014) Y Chen et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Highly efficient (In2Te3)x(GeTe)3−3x thermoelectric materials: a substitute for TAGS

(2014) Hui Sun et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Highly efficient functional GexPb1−xTe based thermoelectric alloys

(2014) Yaniv Gelbstein et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

TAGS-related indium compounds and their thermoelectric properties – the solid solution series (GeTe)xAgInySb1−yTe2 (x = 1–12; y = 0.5 and 1)

(2014) Thorsten Schröder et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Lead-free thermoelectrics: promising thermoelectric performance in p-type SnTe1−xSex system

(2014) Ananya Banik et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

High thermoelectric performance in tellurium free p-type AgSbSe2

(2013) Satya N. Guin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

All-scale hierarchical thermoelectrics: MgTe in PbTe facilitates valence band convergence and suppresses bipolar thermal transport for high performance

(2013) L. D. Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

The panoscopic approach to high performance thermoelectrics

(2013) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

The Solid Solution Series (GeTe)x(LiSbTe2)2 (1 ≤ x ≤ 11) and the Thermoelectric Properties of (GeTe)11(LiSbTe2)2

(2013) Thorsten Schröder et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Enhanced thermoelectric properties of (Pb1−xYbxTe)0.15(GeTe)0.85 composites due to phase separation and Yb doping

(2013) J.F. Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Electronic and thermal transport in GeTe: A versatile base for thermoelectric materials

(2013) E. M. Levin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

The Effect of Adding Nano-Bi2Te3 on Properties of GeTe-Based Thermoelectric Material

(2013) Lili Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

High Thermoelectric Performance via Hierarchical Compositionally Alloyed Nanostructures

(2013) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High thermoelectric performance by resonant dopant indium in nanostructured SnTe

(2013) Q. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Controlling Metallurgical Phase Separation Reactions of the Ge0.87Pb0.13Te Alloy for High Thermoelectric Performance

(2013) Yaniv Gelbstein et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Ioffe–Regel limit and lattice thermal conductivity reduction of high performance (AgSbTe2)15(GeTe)85 thermoelectric materials

(2013) Tiejun Zhu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Enhancement of Thermopower of TAGS-85 High-Performance Thermoelectric Material by Doping with the Rare Earth Dy

(2012) E. M. Levin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Comparison Between the Mechanical and Thermoelectric Properties of Three Highly Efficient p-Type GeTe-Rich Compositions: TAGS-80, TAGS-85, and 3% Bi2Te3-Doped Ge0.87Pb0.13Te

(2012) Joseph Davidow et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures

(2012) Kanishka Biswas et al.   NATURE

Ferroelectric order in individual nanometre-scale crystals

(2012) Mark J. Polking et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Convergence of Conduction Bands as a Means of Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance ofn-TypeMg2Si1−xSnxSolid Solutions

(2012) Wei Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Resonance states, heavy quasiparticles, and the thermoelectric figure of merit of IV–VI materials

(2012) L. V. Prokofieva et al.   SEMICONDUCTORS

Thermoelectric Phenomena, Materials, and Applications

(2011) Terry M. Tritt   Annual Review of Materials Research

The order-disorder transition in GeTe: Views from different length-scales

(2011) T. Matsunaga et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Real Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of GeTe-Rich Germanium Antimony Tellurides

(2011) Tobias Rosenthal et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications

(2011) M. Zebarjadi et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Improved Thermoelectric Properties of (GeTe)90(Ag y Sb2−y Te3−y )10 by Tuning the Ag-to-Sb Ratio

(2011) S. H. Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Multiple-Filled Skutterudites: High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit through Separately Optimizing Electrical and Thermal Transports

(2011) Xun Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   NATURE

Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit

(2011) Kanishka Biswas et al.   Nature Chemistry

Analysis of Ce- and Yb-Doped TAGS-85 Materials with Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure of Merit

(2010) E. M. Levin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Performance (Ag x SbTe x/2+1.5)15(GeTe)85 Thermoelectric Materials Prepared by Melt Spinning

(2010) Y. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Phase transition in crystalline GeTe: Pitfalls of averaging effects

(2010) Paul Fons et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Impurity clustering and impurity-induced bands in PbTe-, SnTe-, and GeTe-based bulk thermoelectrics

(2010) Khang Hoang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of the (GeTe)1-x(PbTe)x alloys

(2010) S.P. Li et al.   SOLID STATE SCIENCES

New and Old Concepts in Thermoelectric Materials

(2009) Joseph R. Sootsman et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Phase Change Materials

(2009) Simone Raoux   Annual Review of Materials Research

Phase Change Materials and Their Application to Nonvolatile Memories

(2009) Simone Raoux et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Highly Efficient Ge-Rich Ge x Pb1−x Te Thermoelectric Alloys

(2009) Yaniv Gelbstein et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Natural Microstructure and Thermoelectric Performance of (GeTe)80(Ag y Sb2−y Te3−y )20

(2009) S. H. Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Microstructure and Crystal Structure in TAGS Compositions

(2009) A. J. Thompson et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Thermoelectric Properties of (Pb,Sn,Ge)Te-Based Alloys

(2009) Y. Gelbstein et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Transport and mechanical property evaluation of (AgSbTe)1−x(GeTe)x (x=0.80, 0.82, 0.85, 0.87, 0.90)

(2009) James R. Salvador et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

Structural characteristics of GeTe-rich GeTe–Sb2Te3 pseudobinary metastable crystals

(2008) T. Matsunaga et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Nanostructures in high-performance (GeTe)x(AgSbTe2)100−x thermoelectric materials

(2008) S H Yang et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Complex thermoelectric materials

(2008) G. Jeffrey Snyder et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Theory of enhancement of thermoelectric properties of materials with nanoinclusions

(2008) Sergey V. Faleev et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Intrinsically Minimal Thermal Conductivity in CubicI−V−VI2Semiconductors

(2008) D. T. Morelli et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

High-Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bismuth Antimony Telluride Bulk Alloys

(2008) B. Poudel et al.   SCIENCE

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Efficiency in PbTe by Distortion of the Electronic Density of States

(2008) J. P. Heremans et al.   SCIENCE

Thermoelectric and mechanical properties of nano-SiC-dispersed Bi2Te3 fabricated by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering

(2007) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Mechanical properties of PbTe-based thermoelectric semiconductors

(2007) Y. Gelbstein et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA