The past two decades have witnessed the rapid growth of thermoelectric (TE) research.
Novel concepts and paradigms are described here that have emerged, targeting superior TE …

Thermoelectric generators, capable of directly converting heat into electricity, hold great
promise for tackling the ever-increasing energy sustainability issue. The thermoelectric …

Do** is usually the first step to tailor thermoelectrics. It enables precise control of the
charge‐carrier concentration and concomitant transport properties. Do** should also turn …

Valley anisotropy is a favorable electronic structure feature that could be utilized for good
thermoelectric performance. Here, taking advantage of the single anisotropic Fermi pocket in …

Thermoelectric materials have attracted significant research interest in recent decades due
to their promising application potential in interconverting heat and electricity. Unfortunately …

Layered materials exhibit potential for thermoelectric applications, which are reliant on
microstructural texture for high performance. In this work, we present layered crystal stacking …

Over the past two decades, we have witnessed a strong interest in develo** Mg3Sb2 and
related CaAl2Si2-type materials for low-and intermediate-temperature thermoelectric …

The effective mass is a convenient descriptor of the electronic band structure used to
characterize the density of states and electron transport based on a free electron model …

Thermoelectric (TE) materials have attracted tremendous research interests over the past
few decades, due to their application in power generation technology from waste heat …

We introduce a simple but efficient electronic fitness function (EFF) that describes the
electronic aspect of the thermoelectric performance. This EFF finds materials that overcome …