DOI: 10.1039/c4ta01643b. Thermoelectric properties of p-type polycrystalline SnSe doped with Ag

Thermoelectric properties of p-type polycrystalline SnSe doped with Ag

10.1039/c4ta01643b

Crossref journal-article

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

J. Mater. Chem. A (292)

Abstract

Doped polycrystalline SnSe could have zT 0.6 at 750 K, suggesting good potential for thermoelectrics. Challenges come from difficulty in doping and hysteresis in resistivity.

Bibliography

Chen, C.-L., Wang, H., Chen, Y.-Y., Day, T., & Snyder, G. J. (2014). Thermoelectric properties of p-type polycrystalline SnSe doped with Ag. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2(29), 11171â11176.

Authors 5

Cheng-Lung Chen (first)
Heng Wang (additional)
Yang-Yuan Chen (additional)
Tristan Day (additional)
G. Jeffrey Snyder (additional)

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Created	11 years, 4 months ago (May 2, 2014, 8:30 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 4 months ago (April 17, 2024, 12:34 p.m.)
Indexed	1 hour, 14 minutes ago (Sept. 4, 2025, 10:18 a.m.)
Issued	11 years, 8 months ago (Jan. 1, 2014)
Published	11 years, 8 months ago (Jan. 1, 2014)
Published Online	11 years, 8 months ago (Jan. 1, 2014)

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@article{Chen_2014, title={Thermoelectric properties of p-type polycrystalline SnSe doped with Ag}, volume={2}, ISSN={2050-7496}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ta01643b}, DOI={10.1039/c4ta01643b}, number={29}, journal={J. Mater. Chem. A}, publisher={Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)}, author={Chen, Cheng-Lung and Wang, Heng and Chen, Yang-Yuan and Day, Tristan and Snyder, G. Jeffrey}, year={2014}, pages={11171–11176} }

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