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 …

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

Solid-state thermoelectric technology offers a promising solution for converting waste heat to
useful electrical power. Both high operating temperature and high figure of merit zT are …

The diamondoid compounds are a large family of important semiconductors, which possess
various unique transport properties and had been widely investigated in the fields of …

The applications of thermoelectric (TE) technology around room temperature are
monopolized by bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3). However, due to the toxicity and scarcity of …

The widespread use of thermoelectric technology is constrained by a relatively low
conversion efficiency of the bulk alloys, which is evaluated in terms of a dimensionless figure …

Half-Heusler compounds based on XNiSn and XCoSb (X= Ti, Zr or Hf) have rapidly become
important thermoelectric materials for converting waste heat into electricity. In this Review …

Lead chalcogenides have long been used for space‐based and thermoelectric remote
power generation applications, but recent discoveries have revealed a much greater …

Tin selenide (SnSe) and tin sulfide (SnS) have recently attracted particular interest due to
their great potential for large-scale thermoelectric applications. A complete prediction of the …