Bulk nanostructuring has been one of the leading strategies employed in the past decade for
the optimization of thermoelectric properties by introducing strong grain boundary scattering …

Energy crisis and associated environmental issues are the main challenges in today's
changing world, where there is a growing demand for electricity. To address such …

The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

Thermoelectrics, enabling the direct conversion between heat and electrical energy, exhibit
great potentials for employing to localized power generation and refrigeration. Their unique …

Owing to the free of noise, mechanical component, working fluid, and chemical reaction,
thermoelectric cooling is regarded as a suitable solution to address the greenhouse …

Thermoelectricity offers a sustainable path to recover and convert waste heat into readily
available electric energy, and has been studied for more than two centuries. From the …

Thermoelectrics, enabling the direct energy conversion between electricity and heat, provide
alternatives for conventional power generation and refrigeration with considerable …

Many thermoelectric materials benefit from complex microstructures. Grain boundaries (GBs)
in nanocrystalline thermoelectrics cause desirable reduction in the thermal conductivity by …

The binary skutterudite CoSb 3 is a narrow bandgap semiconductor thermoelectric (TE)
material with a relatively flat band structure and excellent electrical performance. However …

Thermoelectrics (TE), the direct solid‐state conversion of waste heat to electricity, is a
promising field with potential wide‐scale application for power generation. Intrinsic conflicts …