The past two decades have witnessed the rapid growth of thermoelectric (TE) research.
Novel concepts and paradigms are described here that have emerged, targeting superior TE …

High entropy alloys (HEAs) are barely 12 years old. The field has stimulated new ideas and
has inspired the exploration of the vast composition space offered by multi-principal element …

Thermoelectric generators, capable of directly converting heat into electricity, hold great
promise for tackling the ever-increasing energy sustainability issue. The thermoelectric …

For several decades, thermoelectric advancements have largely relied on the reduction of
lattice thermal conductivity (κL). According to the Boltzmann transport theory of phonons, κL …

Solid-state thermoelectric technology offers a promising solution for converting waste heat to
useful electrical power. Both high operating temperature and high figure of merit zT are …

In the past years, various work has been devoted to improving the thermoelectric figure of
merit zT, and remarkable advances have been achieved. In 2019, an abnormal zT value …

While most papers on high-entropy alloys (HEAs) focus on the microstructure and
mechanical properties for structural materials applications, there has been growing interest …

Half-Heusler compounds based on XNiSn and XCoSb (X= Ti, Zr or Hf) have rapidly become
important thermoelectric materials for converting waste heat into electricity. In this Review …

Half‐Heusler (HH) compounds have gained ever‐increasing popularity as promising high
temperature thermoelectric materials. High figure of merit zT of≈ 1.0 above 1000 K has …

We report new p-type FeNb1− xTixSb (0.04≤ x≤ 0.24) half-Heusler thermoelectric
materials with a maximum zT of 1.1 at 1100 K, which is twice that of the ZrCoSb half-Heusler …