Thermoelectric materials have attracted significant research interest in recent decades due
to their promising application potential in interconverting heat and electricity. Unfortunately …

The current problems of decreasing fossil fuel reserves and the increasing pollution level
due to burning of these fossil fuels are expected to worsen in the future with ever increasing …

Doping is usually the first step to tailor thermoelectrics. It enables precise control of the
charge‐carrier concentration and concomitant transport properties. Doping should also turn …

This paper presents tables of key thermoelectric properties, which define thermoelectric
conversion efficiency, for a wide range of inorganic materials. The twelve families of …

Orthorhombic GeSe is a promising thermoelectric material. However, large band gap and
strong covalent bonding result in a low thermoelectric figure of merit, zT≈ 0.2. Here, we …

Thermoelectric (TE) materials have attracted tremendous research interests over the past
few decades, due to their application in power generation technology from waste heat …

The orthorhombic phase of GeSe, a structural analogue of layered SnSe (space group:
Pnma), has recently attracted attention after a theoretical prediction of high thermoelectric …

Thermoelectric materials can convert untapped heat to electricity and are expected to have
an important role in future energy utilization. IV–VI metal chalcogenides are the most …

High symmetry favors high power factor by virtue of the balanced Seebeck coefficient and
carrier mobility, nonetheless, the role of crystal symmetry in enhancing the material's …

The change of multivalence band structure configuration between rhombohedral and cubic
phase in GeTe offers additional dimension to modify its thermoelectric properties. Here, we …