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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2026

Entropy-Enabled Hierarchical Defect Architecture for Dual Enhancement of Thermoelectric and Mechanical Performance in SnTe Alloys.

Yihua Zhang, Guyang Peng, Yang Zhang, Haijun Wu, Yang Geng, Kangjin Zhou, Yuxuan Yang, Zhihao Zhao, Jiandong Wang, Wanbo Qu and 10 more

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Yihua ZhangState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Guyang PengState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Yang ZhangState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Haijun WuState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7303-379X
Yang GengCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Kangjin ZhouState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Yuxuan YangState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Zhihao ZhaoState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Jiandong WangState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Wanbo QuState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Tong SongState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Chaoliang ZhangState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Tianle XieState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Chuansheng MaElectronic Materials Research Laboratory (Key Lab of Education Ministry), School of Electronic Science and Engineering School of Microelectronics, Instrumental Analysis Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Shengwu GuoState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Lipeng HuCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9682-8173
Stephen J PennycookState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Fei LiState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4572-0322
Jun SunState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Xiangdong DingState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

Funding

Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 52595631National Natural Science Foundation of China 52472250National Natural Science Foundation of China 524B2008
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Abstract

Designing thermoelectric materials that combine high conversion efficiency with mechanical robustness remains challenging-especially in metavalent-bonded chalcogenides, where weak bonds yield intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity yet compromise mechanical integrity. Here we present an entropy-enabled defect architecture in SnTe-based alloys that steers hierarchical defect evolution-from 0D substitutional clusters to 1D dislocations and 3D coherent nanoprecipitates-enabling multiscale regulation of phonon transport and strengthening mechanisms. Broadband phonon scattering depresses lattice thermal conductivity to 0.26 W·m

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defect architecturehigh‐entropymicrostructuresSnTethermoelectric

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