High-performance liquid-like thermoelectrics have attracted global renewed attention since
the paradigm of 'phonon-liquid electron-crystal'was proposed in 2012. As one of the most …

Significant progress has been made in recent studies of thermal and thermoelectric transport
phenomena in nanostructures and low-dimensional systems. This article reviews several …

We investigate thermal transport in Si/Ge and Si 1− x Ge x/Si 1− y Ge y alloy superlattices
based on solving the single-mode phonon Boltzmann transport equation in the relaxation …

We calculate the room-temperature thermoelectric properties of highly doped ultrathin
silicon nanowires (SiNW) of square cross section (3× 3 to 8× 8 nm 2) by solving the …

Silicon (Si) and/or germanium (Ge) nanomembranes (NMs) play crucial roles in various
applications, including conventional microelectronics, as well as recently emerging high …

It is suggested that low dimensionality can improve the thermoelectric (TE) power factor of a
device, offering an enhancement of the ZT figure of merit. In this paper, the atomistic sp 3 d 5 …

In this theoretical Letter, we examine the influence of dimensionality, size reduction, and
heat-transport direction on the phonon-drag contribution to the Seebeck coefficient of silicon …

Compared with the bulk, one-dimensional (1D) nanostructural materials exhibit enhanced
thermoelectric performance. The figures of merit for most bulk materials used in practical …

Existing theory and data cannot quantify the contribution of phonon drag to the Seebeck
coefficient (S) in semiconductors at room temperature. We show that this is possible through …

In typical thermoelectric energy harvesters and sensors, the Seebeck effect is caused by
diffusion of electrons or holes in a temperature gradient. However, the Seebeck effect can …