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Recent Studies on Performance Enhancement of Polycrystal SnSe Thermoelectric Materials

다결정 SnSe 열전 재료의 성능 개선 연구 동향

  • Jung, Myeong Jun (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Choi, Byung Joon (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
  • 정명준 (서울과학기술대학교 신소재공학과) ;
  • 최병준 (서울과학기술대학교 신소재공학과)
  • Received : 2022.04.20
  • Accepted : 2022.04.24
  • Published : 2022.04.28
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Abstract

Thermoelectric materials can reversely convert heat and electricity into each other; therefore, they can be very useful for energy harvesting from heat waste. Among many thermoelectrical materials, SnSe exhibits outstanding thermoelectric performance along the particular direction of a single crystal. However, single-crystal SnSe has poor mechanical properties and thus it is difficult to apply for mass production. Therefore, polycrystalline SnSe materials may be used to replace single-crystal SnSe by overcoming its inferior thermoelectric performance owing to surface oxidation. Considerable efforts are currently focused on enhancing the thermoelectric performance of polycrystalline SnSe. In this study, we briefly review various enhancement methods for SnSe thermoelectric materials, including doping, texturing, and nano-structuring. Finally, we discuss the future prospects of SnSe thermoelectric powder materials.

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