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

The long-range periodic atomic arrangement or the lack thereof in solids typically dictates
the magnitude and temperature dependence of their lattice thermal conductivity (κlat) …

Optimizing thermoelectric conversion efficiency requires the compromise of electrical and
thermal properties of materials, which are hard to simultaneously improve due to the strong …

One of the intellectual challenges for next generation thermoelectric materials revolves
around the synthesis and fabrication of hierarchically organized microstructures that do not …

Lead chalcogenide thermoelectric systems have been shown to reach record high figure of
merit values via modification of the band structure to increase the power factor or via …

Lead chalcogenides are dominant thermoelectric materials in the medium-temperature
range due to their highly favorable electronic band structures and low thermal conductivities …

A high ZT (thermoelectric figure of merit) of≈ 1.4 at 900 K for n‐type PbTe is reported,
through modifying its electrical and thermal properties by incorporating Sb and S …

p-Type and n-type thermoelectric semiconductor materials with compatible performance are
key components for thermoelectric devices. Great improvement in thermoelectric …

The bottom-up assembly of nanocrystals provides access to a three-dimensional
composition control at the nanoscale not attainable by any other technology. In particular …

Controlling thermal transport in insulators and semiconductors is crucial for many
technological fields such as thermoelectrics and thermal insulation, for which a low thermal …