The rapid development of wireless communications especially with the coming of 5G, and
artificial intelligence (AI) provides us a wonderful and intelligent life. Nevertheless, it is at the …

Entropy-related phase stabilization can allow compositionally complex solid solutions of
multiple principal elements. The massive mixing approach was originally introduced for …

Thermoelectric technology has been widely used for key areas, including waste-heat
recovery and solid-state cooling. We discovered tin selenide (SnSe) crystals with potential …

Harvesting largely ignored and wasted electromagnetic (EM) energy released by electronic
devices and converting it into direct current (DC) electricity is an attractive strategy not only …

The high-entropy concept provides extended, optimized space of a composition, resulting in
unusual transport phenomena and excellent thermoelectric performance. By tuning electron …

Thermoelectric interface materials (TEiMs) are essential to the development of
thermoelectric generators. Common TEiMs use pure metals or binary alloys but have …

Thermoelectric materials allow for direct conversion between heat and electricity, offering
the potential for power generation. The average dimensionless figure of merit ZT ave …

Nanoengineering is an effective strategy to strengthen phonon scattering, reduce lattice
thermal conductivity and boost thermoelectric material performance. However, nanostructure …

GeTe is a promising mid-temperature thermoelectric compound but inevitably contains
excessive Ge vacancies hindering its performance maximization. This work reveals that …