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J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 9052
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The interplay of chemical bonding and thermoelectric properties in doped cubic GeTe

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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 14072
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Compromise and synergy in thermoelectric GeTe–CuSbS2 alloys

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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 24569
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Synergistic modulation of thermoelectric performance in SnTe via Ge alloying and Sb doping

Meihua Hu, Ying Tian, Ning Bi, Shangsheng Li, Bin Wei, Di Liu and Haobo Zhang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2026
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High-Throughput Screening for Thermoelectric Semiconductors with Desired Conduction Types by Energy Positions of Band Edges

Yifei Xiong, Yeqing Jin, Tingting Deng, Kaili Mei, Pengfei Qiu, Lili Xi, Zhengyang Zhou, Jiong Yang, Xun Shi and Lidong Chen

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Intrinsic defects and the influences on electrical transport properties in quaternary diamond-like compounds: Cd2Cu3In3Te8 as an example

Jianxin Zhang, Zhou Zhang, Lili Xi, Jinyang Xi and Jiong Yang

Journal of Materiomics, 2022, 8, 1222
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Advances and Challenges in SnTe‐Based Thermoelectrics

Lijun Wang, Raza Moshwan, Ningyi Yuan, Zhi‐Gang Chen and Xiao‐Lei Shi

Advanced Materials, 2025, 37
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Vacancy Manipulation Induced Optimal Carrier Concentration, Band Convergence and Low Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Nano‐Crystalline SnTe Yielding Superior Thermoelectric Performance

Tingdong Zhang, Wenfeng Pan, Suiting Ning, Ning Qi, Zhiquan Chen, Xianli Su and Xinfeng Tang

Adv Funct Materials, 2023, 33
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High performance GeTe thermoelectrics enabled by lattice strain construction

Ming Liu, Yuxin Sun, Jianbo Zhu, Chun Li, Fengkai Guo, Zihang Liu, Muchun Guo, Yuke Zhu, Xingyan Dong, Zhenhua Ge, Qian Zhang, Wei Cai and Jiehe Sui

Acta Materialia, 2023, 244, 118565
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High power factor and ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity in Sn W Te alloys via interstitial defects modulation

Kang Lei, Ke min Feng, Chun Ma, Zheng Tang Cai, Bing bing He and Han Li

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024, 976, 173187
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Native Atomic Defects Manipulation for Enhancing the Electronic Transport Properties of Epitaxial SnTe Films

Fuqiang Hua, Pengfei Lv, Min Hong, Sen Xie, Min Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Wei Wang, Zhaohui Wang, Yong Liu, Yonggao Yan, Shengjun Yuan, Wei Liu and Xinfeng Tang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 56446
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Origin of reduced thermal conduction by native point defects in PbTe: Perturbed molecular dynamics with neural network potential

Tatsuya Yokoi, Susumu Fujii, Yu Ogura and Katsuyuki Matsunaga

Phys. Rev. B, 2025, 112
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Trends in GeTe Thermoelectrics: From Fundamentals to Applications

Meng Li, Xiao‐Lei Shi and Zhi‐Gang Chen

Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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Achieving Extraordinary Power Factors in GeTe Epitaxial Films through Carrier Transport Engineering

Qian Xiang, Tuo Chen, Tingting Su, Fan Yan, Haoran Ge, Sen Xie, Min Hong, Yubo Luo, Junyou Yang, Yong Liu, Xianli Su, Alexander Burkov, Wei Liu and Xinfeng Tang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 18781
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Advances in Versatile GeTe Thermoelectrics from Materials to Devices

Min Hong, Meng Li, Yuan Wang, Xiao‐Lei Shi and Zhi‐Gang Chen

Advanced Materials, 2023, 35
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Self-doping enhancing thermoelectric properties of GeTe thin films

Xiaoyu Sun, Shuaihang Hou, Zuoxu Wu, Jian Wang, Youwei Qiao, Zunqian Tang, Xingjun Liu, Jun Mao, Qian Zhang and Feng Cao

Applied Physics Letters, 2024, 124
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Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivity and Improved Thermoelectric Performance in Tungsten-Doped GeTe

Zhengtang Cai, Kaipeng Zheng, Chun Ma, Yu Fang, Yuyang Ma, Qinglin Deng and Han Li

Nanomaterials, 2024, 14, 722
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Defect dynamics manipulates transport behaviors in highly stable rocksalt-type thermoelectric crystal

Bo-Chia Chen, Szu-Chien Wu, Kuang-Kuo Wang and Hsin-Jay Wu

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Research status and performance optimization of medium-temperature thermoelectric material SnTe

Pan-Pan Peng, Chao Wang, Lan-Wei Li, Shu-Yao Li and Yan-Qun Chen

Chinese Phys. B, 2022, 31, 047307
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The MatHub‐3d first‐principles repository and the applications on thermoelectrics

Lu Liu, Mingjia Yao, Yuxiang Wang, Yeqing Jin, Jialin Ji, Huifang Luo, Yan Cao, Yifei Xiong, Ye Sheng, Xin Li, Di Qiu, Lili Xi, Jinyang Xi, Wenqing Zhang, Lidong Chen and Jiong Yang

Materials Genome Engineering Advances, 2024, 2
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Interplay between metavalent bonds and dopant orbitals enables the design of SnTe thermoelectrics

Guodong Tang, Yuqi Liu, Xiaoyu Yang, Yongsheng Zhang, Pengfei Nan, Pan Ying, Yaru Gong, Xuemei Zhang, Binghui Ge, Nan Lin, Xuefei Miao, Kun Song, Carl-Friedrich Schön, Matteo Cagnoni, Dasol Kim, Yuan Yu and Matthias Wuttig

Nat Commun, 2024, 15
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Unravelling Effective-Medium transport and interfacial resistance in (CaTe) (GeTe)100- thermoelectrics

Meng Li, Sheng-Duo Xu, Wan-Yu Lyu, Qiang Sun, Min Hong, Yuan Wang, Ji-Xing Liu, Yu Yin, Jin Zou and Zhi-Gang Chen

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 452, 139269
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Phase boundary mapping and suppressing Pb vacancies for enhanced thermoelectric properties in n-type Sb doped PbTe compounds

Cong Wang, Xiaodie Zhao, Suiting Ning, Qirui Tao, Yinfei Tang, Zhiquan Chen, Jinsong Wu, Xianli Su and Xingfeng Tang

Materials Today Energy, 2022, 25, 100962
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Point defects, doping and the path to n-type SnTe

Neeraj Mishra and Guy Makov

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024, 986, 174157
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Effects of Sb and Bi Doping in SnTe Layers Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Qihua Zhang, Mary Kathleen Caucci, Maria Hilse, Analaura Diaz Gomez, Susan Sinnott and Stephanie Law

ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., 2025, 7, 3543
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Realizing n-type gete through suppressing the formation of cation vacancies and bi-doping*

Min Zhang, Chaoliang Hu, Qi Zhang, Feng Liu, Shen Han, Chenguang Fu and Tiejun Zhu

Chinese Phys. Lett., 2021, 38, 127201
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Synergetic Optimization via Indium and Rare Metal Yttrium Co-doping in GeTe Results in High Power Factor and Excellent Thermal Performance

Zhengtang Cai, Yu Fang, Chun Ma, Kaipeng Zheng, Kang Lei, Shanming Ke, Renkui Zheng and Han Li

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 64868
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Recent Progress in SnTe: An Eco‐Friendly and High‐Performance Chalcogenide Thermoelectric Material

Samuel Kimani Kihoi, Tae‐Youl Yang and Ho Seong Lee

Small, 2025, 21
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Investigation on p-type conversion of n-type Cu0.008Bi2Te2.4Se0.6 thermoelectric alloys by slight Pb doping

Okmin Park, Seungchan Seon, BeomSoo Kim, Hyungyu Cho and Sang-il Kim

J. Korean Ceram. Soc., 2025, 62, 291
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Defect engineering and alloying strategies for tailoring thermoelectric behavior in GeTe and its alloys

Qiyong Chen, Cheng Yang, Tong Xing, Jinyang Xi, Wenqing Zhang, Jiong Yang and Lili Xi

Journal of Materiomics, 2025, 11, 100832
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Simultaneously optimizing power factor and thermal conductivity of n-type PbTe

Wei Hu, Tao Chen, Shenghui Wang, Hongxing Xin, Di Li, Zhulin Huang and Jian Zhang

Applied Physics Letters, 2025, 126
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Discoveries on the link between the properties of thermoelectric and infrared radiation

Ya-Qian Du, Lei Zhang, Gui-Bin Zhang, Bing-Bing Fang, Xin-Peng Luan, Yan-Nan Li, Ta La, Jun-Jie Liu and Jun Wang

Applied Physics Letters, 2023, 123
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