Quasiparticle band structures and thermoelectric transport properties of p-type SnSe

Abstract

We used density functional and many-body perturbation theory to calculate the quasiparticle band structures and electronic transport parameters of p-type SnSe both for the low-temperature Pnma and high-temperature Cmcm phases. The Pnma phase has an indirect band gap of 0.829 eV while the Cmcm has a direct band gap of 0.464 eV. Both phases exhibit multiple local band extrema within an energy range comparable to the thermal energy of carriers from the global extrema. We calculated the electronic transport coefficients for single-crystal and polycrystalline materials to understand previous experimental measurements. We also discuss the dependence of the transport coefficients on doping concentration and temperature to identify doping conditions for optimal thermoelectric performance.

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