The last decade created tremendous advances in new and unique thermoelectric
generation materials, devices, fabrication techniques, and technologies via various global …

Exhaustive attempts are made in recent decades to improve the performance of
thermoelectric materials that are utilized for waste heat‐to‐electricity conversion. Energy …

Thermoelectrics (TE), the direct solid‐state conversion of waste heat to electricity, is a
promising field with potential wide‐scale application for power generation. Intrinsic conflicts …

Recent advances in semiconductor thermoelectric physics and materials are reviewed. A
key requirement to improve the energy conversion efficiency is to increase the Seebeck …

In this paper, we explore electron filtering as a technique to increase the Seebeck coefficient
and the thermoelectric power factor of heterostructured materials over that of the bulk. We …

Thermionic energy converters are solid‐state heat engines that have the potential to
produce electricity with efficiencies of over 30% and area‐specific power densities of 100 …

We present a detailed theory on electron energy filtering by the nonplanar potential
introduced by dispersed nanoparticles or impurities in bulk materials for enhancement of the …

In this paper we review recent advances in nanoscale thermal and thermoelectric transport
with an emphasis on the impact on integrated circuit (IC) thermal management. We will first …

Solid-state energy conversion technologies such as thermoelectric and thermionic
refrigeration and power generation require materials with low thermal conductivity but good …

Monolithically integrated active cooling is an attractive way for thermal management and
temperature stabilization of microelectronic and optoelectronic devices. SiGeC can be lattice …