Multinary diamond-like chalcogenides for promising thermoelectric application
Zhang Dan, Bai Hong-Chang, Li Zhi-Liang, Wang Jiang-Long, Fu Guang-Sheng, Wang Shu-Fang †
       

(color online) (a) Different crystal structures of multinary diamond-like chalcogenides (MDLCs) derived from cubic zincblende structure; (b) timeline for thermoelectric bulk materials with diamond-like structures, showing data from Cu(In, Ga)Te2,[21–32] AgGaTe2,[33] AgInSe2,[34,35] CuFeS2,[36–44] Cu2SnS3,[45,46] Cu2GeSe3,[47] Cu2SnSe3,[48,49] Cu3SbS4,[50] Cu3SbSe4,[51–60] Cu2ZnSnS4,[61] Cu2ZnSnSe4,[19,20,62,63] Cu2ZnGeSe4,[64] Cu2CdSnSe4,[65] Cu2FeSnSe4,[66] and Cu2CoSnS4.[67]