A high thermoelectric energy conversion efficiency requires a large power factor and a low
thermal conductivity over a broad temperature range. Optimizing the temperature-dependent …

Phonon scattering by nanostructures and point defects has become the primary strategy for
minimizing the lattice thermal conductivity (κL) in thermoelectric materials. However, these …

High thermoelectric energy conversion efficiency requires a large figure-of-merit, zT, over a
broad temperature range. To achieve this, we optimize the carrier concentrations of n-type …

Thermoelectric properties are frequently manipulated by introducing point defects into a
matrix. However, these properties often change in unfavorable directions owing to the …

High carrier mobility is critical to improving thermoelectric performance over a broad
temperature range. However, traditional doping inevitably deteriorates carrier mobility …

Dislocations play an important role in thermal transport by scattering phonons. Nevertheless,
for materials with intrinsically low thermal conductivity, such as thermoelectrics, classical …

Substitutional point defects of aliovalent enable a significant manipulation in carrier
concentration thus optimize the charge transport for an enhanced thermoelectric power …

A high ZT (thermoelectric figure of merit) of≈ 1.4 at 900 K for n‐type PbTe is reported,
through modifying its electrical and thermal properties by incorporating Sb and S …

Herein, the influence of Sb dopant on the thermoelectric properties of PbTe compound was
systematically investigated by using a phase boundary method. Along different directions …

PbTe‐based alloys have been widely used as mid‐temperature thermoelectric (TE)
materials since the 1960s. Years of endeavor spurred the tremendous advances in their TE …