Thermoelectric materials should be highly efficient and mechanically robust to satisfy the
requirements of engineering applications. Herein, an integrated optimization strategy to …

Thermoelectric materials require complex microstructures to optimize the power conversion
efficiency. Grain boundaries (GBs) reduce the thermal conductivity in nanocrystalline …

Dopant‐induced microstructure in thermoelectric materials significantly affects
thermoelectric properties and offers a potential to break the interdependence between …

Facing the severe energy crisis and environmental pollution, thermoelectric materials make
full use of converting waste heat into electrical energy and have attracted considerable …

Nanostructuring is a key approach for reducing lattice thermal conductivity. Amorphous
precursors can be used to obtain complex nanostructures, as their crystallization behavior …

Heat treatment-induced nanocrystallization of amorphous precursors is a promising method
for nanostructuring half-Heusler compounds as it holds significant potential in the fabrication …

This work focuses on the improvement of the thermoelectric performance of binary antimony
telluride (Sb 2 Te 3) by co-deposition of silver with antimony telluride. Silver antimony …

NbCoSn-based half-Heusler is a promising thermoelectric material candidate due to its
outstanding advantages. The recently introduced nanostructure tailoring via an amorphous …

Abstract Co-(V, Nb)–Sn Heusler alloys are studied within the GGA-PBE and hybrid (HSE06)
approaches. From HSE06 calculations, the Half-Heusler structures CoVSn and CoNbSn are …

Understanding the structure-property relationship in functional materials is crucial as
microstructural features such as nano-precipitates, phase boundary, grain boundary …