Silicon is the most widely used functional material, as it is geo-abundant and atoxic.
Unfortunately, its efficiency as a thermoelectric material is very poor. In this paper, we …

Thermoelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are promising sustainable energy devices that
utilize thermoelectric (TE) effect of nanomaterials to convert a temperature gradient into …

Improving the power factor (PF) of thermoelectric materials, crucial for enhancing the power
output of thermoelectric generators, is challenging due to the adverse interdependence of …

Hyperdo** that introduces impurities with concentrations exceeding their equilibrium
solubility has been attracting great interest since the tuning of semiconductor properties …

This special issue of Applied Physics Letters presents pioneering articles in the field of
thermoelectric (TE) materials and devices. TE materials are pivotal in delivering one of the …

Zintl phase Mg3 (Bi, Sb) 2-based materials have garnered significant interest in recent times
due to their potential in room-temperature thermoelectric applications. Recently, bulk n-type …

Selective carrier energy filtering effect is an important strategy to promote the power factor of
a thermoelectrical materials, which requires an appropriate potential barrier and coherent …

Using Monte Carlo electronic transport simulations, coupled self-consistently with the
Poisson equation for electrostatics, we explore the thermoelectric power factor of …

The absorption of light in the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum by Au-
hyperdoped Si has been observed. While silicon photodetectors in this range are currently …

The possibility of recovering heat released by photovoltaic (PV) solar cells into electric
power by using thermoelectric generators has attracted a remarkable research effort over …