Recent advances in non-Pb-based group-IV chalcogenides for environmentally-friendly thermoelectric materials*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51472052 and U1601213).

Du Bing-Sheng1, Jian Ji-Kang1, †, Liu Hai-Tao1, 2, Liu Jiao1, Qiu Lei1
       

(color online) Temperature-dependent (a) thermal conductivities and (b) zT values of SnSe single crystal,[19] SnSe+1%Na,[45] Sn0.97Na0.03Se,[38] SnSe+1%PbSe,[42] SnSe polycrystalline,[39] SnS0.2Se0.8,[46] and SnSe nanobelt.[41]