Tin-halide perovskites, a class of tin-based materials with a characteristic crystal structure that resembles that of the ...

Single crystal tin selenide is a semiconductor and an ideal thermoelectric material; it can directly convert waste heat to electrical energy or be used for cooling. When a group of researchers saw ...

In addition, tin and selenium are abundant. This extremely large thermoelectric effect is related to a phase transition or re-arrangement of the crystal structure of tin selenide. The crystal ...

Tin. Soldering. Tin cans ... as well as any other mineral that has the same crystal structure. That structure is of interest to engineers, where its properties have uses in fields related to ...

Now researchers have discovered how to change the atomic structure of a highly efficient thermoelectric material, tin selenide, with intense pulses of laser light. This result opens a new way to ...