Defect engineering is an effective method for tuning the performance of thermoelectric
materials and shows significant promise in advancing thermoelectric performance. Given the …

Given tunable hybridization structures in solid solutions, fascinating electromagnetic (EM)
properties can be achieved for regulating EM wave (EMW) absorption. Herein, a novel metal …

Main‐group chalcogenides show outstanding performance for phase‐change data storage
and thermoelectric energy conversion applications. A common denominator for these …

Nanostructuring is important for designing thermoelectrics. Yet, nanoprecipitates are
thermodynamically unstable and coarsen through Ostwald ripening. Here, the Ostwald …

Inorganic semiconductors with superior plasticity are highly desired in current flexible
electronics, which however are rarely discovered owing to their intrinsic covalent and ionic …

For the application of thermoelectric materials, high figure-of-merit, ZT, endows them high
energy conversion efficiency, while robust mechanical hardness makes them tolerable to a …

An ideal thermoelectric material requires the multi‐valley and strong dispersion band
structure, for relieving the competition between thermopower and electrical conductivity …

An in-depth understanding of the dislocations motion process in non-metallic materials
becomes increasingly important, stimulated by the recent emergence of ceramics and …

Numerous intrinsic Ge vacancies in thermoelectric GeTe not only lead to overhigh carrier
concentration but also seriously deteriorate carrier mobility, which shackles its …

Research on thermoelectric materials–with their vast potential for applications in solid-state
cooling or energy-conversion devices–has so far mainly focused on enhancing their …