Bismuth (Bi), as a nontoxic and inexpensive diamagnetic heavy metal, has recently been
utilized for the preparation of a variety of nanomaterials, such as nanoparticles, nanowires …

Thermoelectric materials can convert heat into electrical energy, which can potentially be
used to improve the fuel efficiency of conventional heat engines. In recent decades …

Many of the recent advances in enhancing the thermoelectric figure of merit are linked to
nanoscale phenomena found both in bulk samples containing nanoscale constituents and in …

Ten years ago, DM Rowe introduced the bestselling CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics to
wide acclaim. Since then, increasing environmental concerns, desire for long-life electrical …

Thermoelectric applications have attracted increasing interest recently due to its capability of
converting waste heat into electricity without hazardous emissions. Materials with enhanced …

Thermal to electrical energy conversion, through thermoelectric and thermionic materials,
has been proposed to be much more efficient in lower dimensional materials at the …

We review recent advances in experimental methods for high spatial-resolution and high
time-resolution thermometry, and the application of these and related methods for …

We report here a theoretical model for the transport properties of cylindrical Bi nanowires.
Based on the band structure of Bi nanowires and the semiclassical transport model, the …

The field of thermoelectric research has undergone a renaissance and boom in the past two
and a half decades, largely fueled by the prospect of engineering electronic and phononic …

Electronic transport calculations were carried out for Bi 1− x Sb x nanowires (0⩽ x⩽ 0.30) of
diameters 10 nm⩽ d W⩽ 100 nm at 77 K. A band structure phase diagram was generated …