Improved Solubility in Metavalently Bonded Solid Leads to Band Alignment, Ultralow Thermal Conductivity, and High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe

High figure-of-merit and power generation in high-entropy GeTe-based thermoelectrics

(2022) Binbin Jiang et al.   SCIENCE

Lattice Strain Leads to High Thermoelectric Performance in Polycrystalline SnSe

(2021) Xunuo Lou et al.   ACS Nano

Metavalent Bonding in Crystalline Solids: How Does It Collapse?

(2021) Ludovica Guarneri et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The potential of chemical bonding to design crystallization and vitrification kinetics

(2021) Christoph Persch et al.   Nature Communications

Band Engineering SnTe via Trivalent Substitutions for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance

(2021) Xuemei Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Band convergence and nanostructure modulations lead to high thermoelectric performance in SnPb0.04Te-y% AgSbTe2

(2021) Tao Hong et al.   Materials Today Physics

Employing Interfaces with Metavalently Bonded Materials for Phonon Scattering and Control of the Thermal Conductivity in TAGS‐ x Thermoelectric Materials

(2020) Cynthia Rodenkirchen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Chalcogenides by Design: Functionality through Metavalent Bonding and Confinement

(2020) Bart J. Kooi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Highly Converged Valence Bands and Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity for High‐Performance SnTe Thermoelectrics

(2020) Debattam Sarkar et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Realizing high thermoelectric performance in eco-friendly SnTe via synergistic resonance levels, band convergence and endotaxial nanostructuring with Cu2Te

(2020) Tanveer Hussain et al.   Nano Energy

High-performance eco-friendly MnTe thermoelectrics through introducing SnTe nanocrystals and manipulating band structure

(2020) Houquan Deng et al.   Nano Energy

Improvement of thermoelectric properties of SnTe by Mn Bi codoping

(2020) Qiang Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Thermoelectric performance of SnTe alloys with In and Sb co-doped near critical solubility limit

(2019) Teng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Lattice Softening Significantly Reduces Thermal Conductivity and Leads to High Thermoelectric Efficiency

(2019) Riley Hanus et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Extraordinary Role of Bi for Improving Thermoelectrics in Low-Solubility SnTe–CdTe Alloys

(2019) Zhiyu Chen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Approaching the minimum lattice thermal conductivity of p-type SnTe thermoelectric materials by Sb and Mg alloying

(2019) Tiezheng Fu et al.   Science Bulletin

Phonon Localization and Entropy-Driven Point Defects Lead to Ultralow Thermal Conductivity and Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in (SnTe)1–2x(SnSe)x(SnS)x

(2019) Subhajit Roychowdhury et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Chalcogenide Thermoelectrics Empowered by an Unconventional Bonding Mechanism

(2019) Yuan Yu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Synergistic band convergence and endotaxial nanostructuring: Achieving ultralow lattice thermal conductivity and high figure of merit in eco-friendly SnTe

(2019) Xiaotong Li et al.   Nano Energy

Revealing nano-chemistry at lattice defects in thermoelectric materials using atom probe tomography

(2019) Yuan Yu et al.   Materials Today

Manipulation of Band Structure and Interstitial Defects for Improving Thermoelectric SnTe

(2018) Jing Tang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Thermoelectric Performance of IV-VI Compounds with Octahedral-Like Coordination: A Chemical-Bonding Perspective

(2018) Matteo Cagnoni et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Manipulation of Solubility and Interstitial Defects for Improving Thermoelectric SnTe Alloys

(2018) Jing Tang et al.   ACS Energy Letters

High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe–AgSbTe2 Alloys from Lattice Softening, Giant Phonon–Vacancy Scattering, and Valence Band Convergence

(2018) Gangjian Tan et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Realizing High Thermoelectric Performance below Phase Transition Temperature in Polycrystalline SnSe via Lattice Anharmonicity Strengthening and Strain Engineering

(2018) Guodong Tang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Thermoelectric SnTe with Band Convergence, Dense Dislocations, and Interstitials through Sn Self-Compensation and Mn Alloying

(2018) Fengkai Guo et al.   Small

Achieving high thermoelectric performance with Pb and Zn codoped polycrystalline SnSe via phase separation and nanostructuring strategies

(2018) Jiang Liu et al.   Nano Energy

Incipient Metals: Functional Materials with a Unique Bonding Mechanism

(2018) Matthias Wuttig et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Simultaneously enhancing the power factor and reducing the thermal conductivity of SnTe via introducing its analogues

(2017) Xiao Zhang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Achieving zT > 2 in p-Type AgSbTe2− x Se x Alloys via Exploring the Extra Light Valence Band and Introducing Dense Stacking Faults

(2017) Min Hong et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Advances in Environment-Friendly SnTe Thermoelectrics

(2017) Wen Li et al.   ACS Energy Letters

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

Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties in the Counter-Doped SnTe System with Strained Endotaxial SrTe

(2016) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Pressure Synthesis and Superconductivity of Ag-Doped Topological Crystalline Insulator SnTe (Sn1−xAgxTe with x = 0–0.5)

(2016) Yoshikazu Mizuguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Band engineering and improved thermoelectric performance in M-doped SnTe (M = Mg, Mn, Cd, and Hg)

(2016) X. J. Tan et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Interstitial Point Defect Scattering Contributing to High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe

(2016) Yanzhong Pei et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Accelerated exploration of multi-principal element alloys for structural applications

(2015) O.N. Senkov et al.   CALPHAD-COMPUTER COUPLING OF PHASE DIAGRAMS AND THERMOCHEMISTRY

Band Degeneracy, Low Thermal Conductivity, and High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in SnTe–CaTe Alloys

(2015) Rabih Al Rahal Al Orabi et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Synergistically optimized electrical and thermal transport properties of SnTe via alloying high-solubility MnTe

(2015) Haijun Wu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Extraordinary role of Hg in enhancing the thermoelectric performance of p-type SnTe

(2015) Gangjian Tan et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Codoping in SnTe: Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance through Synergy of Resonance Levels and Band Convergence

(2015) Gangjian Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2015) L.-D. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

High Thermoelectric Performance of p-Type SnTe via a Synergistic Band Engineering and Nanostructuring Approach

(2014) Gangjian Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Resonant bonding leads to low lattice thermal conductivity

(2014) Sangyeop Lee et al.   Nature Communications

SnTe–AgBiTe2 as an efficient thermoelectric material with low thermal conductivity

(2014) Gangjian Tan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

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

Low Electron Scattering Potentials in High Performance Mg2Si0.45Sn0.55Based Thermoelectric Solid Solutions with Band Convergence

(2013) Xiaohua Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Band Engineering of Thermoelectric Materials

(2012) Yanzhong Pei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hume-Rothery rules for structurally complex alloy phases

(2012) Uichiro Mizutani   MRS BULLETIN

Reevaluation of PbTe1−xIx as high performance n-type thermoelectric material

(2011) Aaron D. LaLonde et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

High thermoelectric figure of merit in nanostructured p-type PbTe–MTe (M = Ca, Ba)

(2011) Kanishka Biswas et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   NATURE

X-ray analysis of ZnO nanoparticles by Williamson–Hall and size–strain plot methods

(2010) A. Khorsand Zak et al.   SOLID STATE SCIENCES

Clustering and nearest neighbour distances in atom-probe tomography

(2009) T. Philippe et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Cooling, Heating, Generating Power, and Recovering Waste Heat with Thermoelectric Systems

(2008) Lon E. Bell   SCIENCE

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

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