Thermoelectric energy conversion is an all solid-state technology that relies on exceptional
semiconductor materials that are generally optimized through sophisticated strategies …

Efficient manipulation of thermal conductivity and fundamental understanding of the
microscopic mechanisms of phonon scattering in crystalline solids are crucial to achieve …

Thermoelectric materials transfer heat and electrical energy, hence they are useful for power
generation or cooling applications. Many of these materials have narrow bandgaps …

Although Ga do** can weaken the electron phonon coupling in n-type PbTe, Ga-doped
PbTe has a relatively low carrier concentration (n) and high lattice thermal conductivity (κlat) …

Crystalline thermoelectrics have been developed to be potential candidates for power
generation and electronic cooling, among which SnSe crystals are becoming the most …

BACKGROUND Heat and electricity are two forms of energy that are at opposite ends of a
spectrum. Heat is ubiquitous, but with low quality, whereas electricity is versatile, but its …

Single crystals of SnSe have gained considerable attention in thermoelectrics due to their
unprecedented thermoelectric performance. However, polycrystalline SnSe is more …

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 …

Physical vapour deposition (PVD) is a well-known technology that is widely used for the
deposition of thin films regarding many demands, namely tribological behaviour …