Heat is abundantly available from various sources including solar irradiation, geothermal
energy, industrial processes, automobile exhausts, and from the human body and other …

Over the past decade, metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have received great attention,
triggered by the tremendous success of their record‐breaking power conversion efficiency …

Chemical bonding present in crystalline solids has a significant impact on how heat moves
through a lattice, and with the right chemical tuning, one can achieve extremely low thermal …

As the periodic atomic arrangement of a crystal is made to a disorder or glassy-amorphous
system by destroying the long-range order, lattice thermal conductivity, κL, decreases, and …

Achieving glass‐like ultra‐low thermal conductivity in crystalline solids with high electrical
conductivity, a crucial requirement for high‐performance thermoelectrics, continues to be a …

Metavalent bonding has attracted immense interest owing to its capacity to impart a distinct
property portfolio to materials for advanced functionality. Coupling metavalent bonding to …

GeTe is among the most fascinating inorganic compounds for thermoelectric (TE)
conversion of waste heat into electricity. However, the TE performance in its ambient …

High thermoelectric performance is generally achieved in solid-solution alloyed or heavily
doped semiconductors. The consequent atomic disorder has a trade-off in the thermoelectric …

Defect engineering, achieved by precise tuning of the atomic disorder within crystalline
solids, forms a cornerstone of structural chemistry. This nuanced approach holds the …

Thermoelectric technology, as one solution to energy harvesting, offers a direct and
reversible conversion between electricity and heat. The emerging thermoelectric material …