Thermoelectric materials can be potentially employed in solid-state devices that harvest
waste heat and convert it to electrical power, thereby improving the efficiency of fuel …

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

Engineering semiconductor devices requires an understanding of charge carrier mobility.
Typically, mobilities are estimated using Hall effect and electrical resistivity meausrements …

Amid energy crises and environmental concerns, thermoelectric generators have gained
interest as eco-friendly power sources by directly converting heat to electricity. Given the …

The lack of reliable methods for identifying descriptors—the sets of parameters capturing the
underlying mechanisms of a material's property—is one of the key factors hindering efficient …

For several decades, thermoelectric advancements have largely relied on the reduction of
lattice thermal conductivity (κL). According to the Boltzmann transport theory of phonons, κL …

Thermoelectric materials are crucial in renewable energy conversion technologies to solve
the global energy crisis. They have been proven to be suitable for high-end technological …

In analyzing zT improvements due to lattice thermal conductivity (κ L) reduction, electrical
conductivity (σ) and total thermal conductivity (κ Total) are often used to estimate the …

Energy savings motivated by economic and environmental reasons have brought attention
to waste heat recovery technologies. Thermoelectric generators, previously employed as …

This paper presents tables of key thermoelectric properties, which define thermoelectric
conversion efficiency, for a wide range of inorganic materials. The twelve families of …