This review article gives an overview of the recent research directions in eco‐friendly, non‐
toxic, and earth‐abundant thermoelectric materials. It covers materials such as sulfides …

Thermoelectrics has played a fascinating role in the developments of direct energy
conversion technologies. Over the past decade, sulfur-based thermoelectric materials have …

Materials based on cubic tetrahedrites (Cu 12 Sb 4 S 13) are useful thermoelectrics with
unusual thermal and electrical transport properties, such as very low and nearly temperature …

The ability of thermoelectric devices to convert waste heat into useful electrical power has
stimulated a remarkable growth in research into thermoelectric materials. There is, however …

Tetrahedrites are natural earth-abundant minerals consisting of environmentally-friendly
elements of copper and sulphur. Recently, research has been focused on the natural and …

High-performance thermoelectric bulk sulfide with the colusite structure is achieved by
controlling the densification process and forming short-to-medium range structural defects. A …

Synthetic minerals and related systems based on Cu–S are attractive thermoelectric (TE)
materials because of their environmentally benign characters and high figures of merit at …

Derivatives of the natural mineral colusite with general formula Cu26A2E6S32 (A= V, Nb,
Ta, Cr, Mo, W; E= Ge, Sn, As, Sb) are an emerging class of excellent thermoelectric …

Thermoelectrics is a research area that focuses on the development of high-performance
materials for direct thermal and electrical energy conversion in power generation and solid …

The solubility of selenium on the sulfur site in tetrahedrite Cu12Sb4S13 has been
investigated by theoretical calculations, and the results have been verified by X-ray …