Defect engineering is an effective method for tuning the performance of thermoelectric
materials and shows significant promise in advancing thermoelectric performance. Given the …

Germanium telluride (GeTe) with ultrafast ferroelectric transition, Rashba‐like electronic
transport, and anomalous phonon anharmonicity are historically studied for potential …

Earth-abundant manganese telluride (MnTe) with a hexagonal structure has shown
significant thermoelectric conversion potential; however, the drawbacks of low carrier …

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

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

GeTe is a very promising thermoelectric material, but the presence of massive intrinsic Ge
vacancies leads to an overhigh hole concentration and poor thermal stability. Counter …

Eliminating the ferroelectric phase transition to obtain a cubic phase under ambient
conditions is deemed an ultimate goal for p-type GeTe-based materials to be feasible for …

The n‐type MNiSn (M= Ti, Zr, or Hf) half‐Heusler compounds are reported as promising
medium‐and high‐temperature thermoelectric materials; however, their p‐type counterparts …

Thermal energy is ubiquitous and constantly generated in nature and society. Thermocells
(TECs) represent a promising energy-conversion technology that can directly translate …

Achieving a high average figure of merit in a low-cost/toxic compound, tin telluride (SnTe), is
crucial for thermoelectric applications. Introducing gap-like structures into the rock–salt …