Recent advances in non-Pb-based group-IV chalcogenides for environmentally-friendly thermoelectric materials<xref rid="cpb_27_4_048102_fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref> <fn id="cpb_27_4_048102_fn1"> <label>*</label> <p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51472052 and U1601213).</p> </fn>

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-Kang^{1, †}, Liu Hai-Tao^{1, 2}, Liu Jiao¹, Qiu Lei¹

(color online) Temperature-dependent (a) zT values, (b) conductivities, (c) thermal conductivities, and (d) Seebeck coefficients of GeTe(GeTe,^[54] In_0.02Ge_0.98Te,^[56] and GeTe:Bi^[57]), (GeTe)₈₀(AgSbSe₂)₂₀,^[54] Ge–Sb–Te alloys (Ge_0.9Sb_0.1Te,^[25] and Ge_0.9Sb_0.1Te_0.9Se_0.05S_0.05^[55]), and Ge–Pb–Te materials (Ge_0.85(Pb_0.9Yb_0.1)_0.15Te^[22]).