Lattice plainification advances highly effective SnSe crystalline thermoelectrics

Lattice plainification advances highly effective SnSe crystalline thermoelectrics Thermoelectric technology has been widely used for key areas, including waste-heat recovery and solid-state cooling. We discovered tin selenide (SnSe) crystals with potential power generation and Peltier cooling performance. The extensive off-stoichiometric defects have a larger impact on the transport properties of SnSe, which motivated us to develop a lattice plainification strategy for defects engineering. We d...