Due to the nature of their liquid‐like behavior and high dimensionless figure of merit, Cu2X
(X= Te, Se, and S)‐based thermoelectric materials have attracted extensive attention. The …

To relieve the growing pressure originated from the energy shortage and environmental
issues, solar-energy conversion into chemical or electrical energy has undergone an …

Optimizing thermoelectric conversion efficiency requires the compromise of electrical and
thermal properties of materials, which are hard to simultaneously improve due to the strong …

Thermoelectrics has played a fascinating role in the developments of direct energy
conversion technologies. Over the past decade, sulfur-based thermoelectric materials have …

Thermoelectric materials can directly convert heat to electricity and vice versa. ZT (= S 2 σ
T/κ) is usually used for evaluating the performance of thermoelectric materials. Improving ZT …

Bi 2 S 3 with earth abundant elements has been considered as a potential thermoelectric
material. However, it is challenging to make Bi 2 S 3 materials as a promising high …

This article presents recent research directions in the study of Earth-abundant, cost-effective,
and low-toxic advanced nanostructured materials for thermoelectric generator (TEG) …

Last two decades have witnessed significant progress in thermoelectric research, to which
materials processing has crucial contributions. Compared with traditional zone-melting …

The thermoelectric (TE) community has mainly focused on improving the figure of merit (ZT)
of materials. However, the output power of TE devices directly depends on the power factor …

Copper sulfide is a promising thermoelectric (TE) material consisting of earth-abundant, low
cost, and non-toxic elements, which recently has attracted increasing attention. In this work …