In thermoelectrics, phase engineering serves a crucial function in determining the power
factor by affecting the band degeneracy. However, for low-symmetry compounds, the …

The structure–property link is inherent to materials. Hexagonal Ge4Se3Te phase, with
special Ge–Ge cationic bonding and distinctive from other IV–VI compounds, reveals …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Rhombohedral GeSe is a promising p-type thermoelectric material with a multivalley band
structure. However, its figure of merit ZT, especially average ZT is still relatively low …

Advances in thermoelectrics are motivated by the innovation of thermoelectric theories. The
Rashba effect, spin-dependent band splitting, paves a new path to enhance thermoelectric …

The ability of substitution atoms to decrease thermal conductivity is usually ascribed to the
enhanced phonon-impurity scattering by assuming the original phonon dispersion relations …

Composite engineering favors high thermoelectric performance by tuning the carrier and
phonon transport. Herein, orthorhombic and rhombohedral dual‐phase GeSe are designed …

GeSe was theoretically predicted to have thermoelectric (TE) performance as high as SnSe.
However, the relatively high TE performance was not achieved experimentally in doped …