Magnesium-based materials have been regarded as promising candidates for large-scale,
high-efficiency thermoelectric applications, owing to their excellent dimensionless figure of …

Due to the direct conversion between thermal and electrical energy, thermoelectric materials
and their devices exhibit great potential for power generation and refrigeration. With the …

Magnetron sputtering is a widely used physical vapor deposition technique. Reactive
sputtering is used for the deposition of, eg, oxides, nitrides and carbides. In fundamental …

The continuous depletion of fossil fuels and the increasing demand for eco-friendly and
sustainable energy sources have prompted researchers to look for alternative energy …

Abstract Copper (I) iodide (CuI) is the leading inorganic p-type transparent conductor,
attracting major attention for its promising optoelectronic properties and facile growth …

Since the 1960s advances in electronic and optoelectronic device technologies have been
primarily orchestrated by III-V semiconductors, which have led to an age of consumer …

Realizing tunable functional materials with built-in nanoscale heat flow directionality
represents a significant challenge that could advance thermal management strategies. Here …

The development of environmentally friendly, efficient, and universal access renewable
energy technology is the key to achieve the goal of sustainable development.(Photo) …

Near-surface nanoscale thermal conductivity (k) variation of ion-irradiated single-crystalline
ZnO was studied by time-domain thermoreflectance. ZnO was irradiated by 710 MeV Bi swift …

Scandium nitride (ScN) is an emerging rocksalt indirect bandgap semiconductor with the
potential to overcome some of the limitations of traditional wurtzite III (A)-nitride …