The limited stability of thermoelectric materials under operating conditions is a major
inhibiting factor in the development of thermoelectric technology. With increasing awareness …

Cheap and non-toxic n-type Mg3Sb2 based materials exhibit outstanding thermoelectric
properties, but for actual applications it is essential to scrutinize their behavior under high …

The inexpensive and high-performing thermoelectric material β-Zn4Sb3 is a mixed ionic-
electronic conductor, which suffers from stability issues due to Zn migration in the structure …

Intermetallic clathrates exhibit great variability with respect to elemental composition and
distribution. While this provides a lot of flexibility for tuning properties, it also poses a …

Inorganic clathrates have been extensively investigated owing to their unique and intriguing
atomic structure as well as their potential as thermoelectric materials. The connection …

In recent years hierarchical thermoelectric materials have been engineered to reach record
breaking thermoelectric figures-of-merit (zT) making them attractive in green transition …

The application of thermoelectrics for energy harvesting depends strongly on operational
reliability and it is therefore desirable to investigate the structural integrity of materials under …

Operando characterization provides direct insight into material response under application
conditions and it is essential to understand the stability limits of thermoelectric materials and …

Type-I clathrate Ba8Au6Ge40, possessing an interesting structure stacked by polyhedrons,
is a potential “phonon-glass, electron-crystal” thermoelectric material. However, the …

Solid ion conductors are moved into the focus of energy‐related science as thermoelectric
materials due to their high ion mobility and their ability to scatter phonons. A second …