Materials with ultrahigh or low thermal conductivity are desirable for many technological
applications, such as thermal management of electronic and photonic devices, heat …

The past two decades have witnessed the rapid growth of thermoelectric (TE) research.
Novel concepts and paradigms are described here that have emerged, targeting superior TE …

With the further miniaturization and integration of multi-dimensional optical information
detection devices, polarization-sensitive photodetectors based on anisotropic low …

Thermoelectric generators, capable of directly converting heat into electricity, hold great
promise for tackling the ever-increasing energy sustainability issue. The thermoelectric …

This article reviews the theory of electron-phonon interactions in solids from the point of view
of ab initio calculations. While the electron-phonon interaction has been studied for almost a …

Abstract The EPW (Electron-Phonon coupling using Wannier functions) software is a
Fortran90 code that uses density-functional perturbation theory and maximally localized …

Spatially resolved vibrational map** of nanostructures is indispensable to the
development and understanding of thermal nanodevices, modulation of thermal transport …

During the last two decades, we have witnessed great progress in research on
thermoelectrics. There are two primary focuses. One is the fundamental understanding of …

Significant progress has been made in the past two decades about the micro/nanoscale
heat conduction. Many computational methods have been developed to accommodate the …

Thermoelectric (TE) materials provide a solid‐state solution in waste heat recovery and
refrigeration. During the past few decades, considerable effort has been devoted towards …