Currently, integration of energy harvesting and storage devices is considered to be one of
the most important energy-related technologies due to the possibility of replacing batteries …

This review article presents a radical overview of the rich chemistry and physics of Zintl
phases as it relates to their interesting structure–property relationships. In particular, it …

Phosphorene, the single layer counterpart of black phosphorus, is a novel two-dimensional
semiconductor with high carrier mobility and a large fundamental direct band gap, which has …

New classes of two-dimensional (2D) materials beyond graphene, including layered and
non-layered, and their heterostructures, are currently attracting increasing interest due to …

Modern society relies on high charge mobility for efficient energy production and fast
information technologies. The power factor of a material—the combination of electrical …

Strain engineering is a very effective method to tune the electronic, optical, topological and
thermoelectric properties of materials. In this work, we systematically study the biaxial strain …

A fundamental understanding of phonon transport in stanene is crucial to predict the thermal
performance in potential stanene-based devices. By combining first-principle calculation …

Thermoelectric power generation is one of the most promising techniques to use the huge
amount of waste heat and solar energy. Traditionally, high thermoelectric figure-of-merit, ZT …

Through first-principles calculations, we report on the phonon-limited transport properties of
two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal MSe (M= Ge, Sn, and Pb) compounds, which can be seen …

In this paper, the thermoelectric (TE) properties of Janus MXY monolayers (M= Pd, Pt; X, Y=
S, Se, Te) are systematically studied using first principles and the Boltzmann transport …