Thermal transport at the nanoscale level is attracting attention not only because of its
physically interesting features such as the peculiar behavior of phonons due to their …

The potential widespread adoption of thermoelectric (TE) technology in energy harvesting
applications hinges upon the high-performance, reliable, and cost-effective module …

The factors that affect the thermal conductivity of semiconductors is a topic of great scientific
interest, especially in relation to thermoelectrics. Key developments have been the concept …

Phononic crystals are the acoustic analogs of photonic crystals and aim at manipulating
phonon transport using phonon interference in periodic structures. While such periodic …

Heat transport plays a crucial role in various applications such as waste energy harvesting,
thermal barrier coatings, and heat dissipation in microelectronics. In this paper, the …

Heat dissipation and thermal management are central challenges in various areas of
science and technology and are critical issues for the majority of nanoelectronic devices. In …

Anderson localization of thermal phonons has been shown only in few nanostructures with
strong random disorder by the exponential decay of transmission to zero and a thermal …

We report a machine learning (ML)-based approach allowing thermoelectric generator
(TEG) efficiency evaluation directly from five parameters: two physical properties─ carrier …

Various ab initio approaches to the band structure of A NiSn and A CoSb half-Heusler
compounds (A= Ti, Zr, Hf) are compared and their consequences for the prediction of …

The transition between coherent and incoherent phonon transport in a graphene (GRA) and
nitrogenated holey graphene (C2N) superlattice is investigated by non-equilibrium …