Thermoelectric materials enable the direct conversion between waste heat and electric
energy, playing an important role in alleviating energy crisis. Many excellent thermoelectrics …

Thermoelectric materials are able to realize the direct energy conversion between heat and
electricity and have great potential in power generation and Peltier cooling. SnTe, an old but …

Achieving glass‐like ultra‐low thermal conductivity in crystalline solids with high electrical
conductivity, a crucial requirement for high‐performance thermoelectrics, continues to be a …

The thermoelectric performance of a given material is closely related to its carrier
concentration. However, the maximum solubility of dopants in matrixes is a key limitation for …

In this work, we show the simultaneous enhancement of electrical transport and reduction of
phonon propagation in p-type PbTe codoped with Tl and Na. The effective use of advanced …

Thermoelectric materials can realize direct and mutual conversion between electricity and
heat. However, developing a strategy to improve high thermoelectric performance is …

Band convergence is considered a clear benefit to thermoelectric performance because it
increases the charge carrier concentration for a given Fermi level, which typically enhances …

Oxide-based thermoelectric materials have the advantages of high-temperature stability, low
toxicity and low processing cost comparted to other metal-based systems. However …

Cation disordering is commonly found in multinary cubic compounds, but its effect on
electronic properties has been neglected because of difficulties in determining the ordered …

Middle-temperature thermoelectric (TE) materials on the basis of PbTe are currently most
actively developed. The properties of these materials, and the ways of increasing their …