The long-standing popularity of thermoelectric materials has contributed to the creation of
various thermoelectric devices and stimulated the development of strategies to improve their …

Thermoelectricity offers a sustainable path to recover and convert waste heat into readily
available electric energy, and has been studied for more than two centuries. From the …

Magnesium-based energy materials, which combine promising energy-related functional
properties with low cost, environmental compatibility and high availability, have been …

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 …

The rising demand for energy has accelerated the search for clean and renewable sources
and newer approaches towards efficient energy management. One of the most promising …

Thermoelectric devices enable the direct conversion of heat flux into electrical energy, which
have attracted considerable research interests for energy harvesting to address the …

Valley anisotropy is a favorable electronic structure feature that could be utilized for good
thermoelectric performance. Here, taking advantage of the single anisotropic Fermi pocket in …

We are witnessing an unprecedented expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) market, whose
nodes are already outnumbering human population several times. Despite the huge …

Lattice vibrations in crystalline materials generate phonons as heat carriers for heat
conduction, and the phonon dispersion (energy versus momentum) is fundamentally …

Quasi‐2D semiconductors have garnered immense research interest for next‐generation
electronics and thermoelectrics due to their unique structural, mechanical, and transport …