This review is an update of a previous review (AJ Minnich, et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2009,
2, 466) published two years ago by some of the co-authors, focusing on progress made in …

Distortions of the electronic density of states (DOS) are a potent mechanism to increase the
thermopower of thermoelectric semiconductors, thereby increasing their power factor. We …

We stabilize multiscale defect structures involving interstitial Cu, displaced Pb and Se atoms
from the regular lattice points, dislocations prompted by scarce anion vacancies, and …

SnTe is a potentially attractive thermoelectric because it is the lead-free rock-salt analogue
of PbTe. However, SnTe is a poor thermoelectric material because of its high hole …

Thermoelectric transport properties of p-type PbTe: Na, with high hole concentrations of
approximately 1020 cm− 3, are reinvestigated from room temperature to 750 K. The greatly …

PbSe was expected to have a smaller bandgap and higher thermalconductivity than PbTe.
Instead, these values are about the same at high temperature leading to comparable …

Thermoelectrics are being rapidly developed for waste heat recovery applications,
particularly in automobiles, to reduce carbon emissions. PbTe‐based materials with small (< …

Realizing high average thermoelectric figure of merit (ZTave) and power factor (PFave) has
been the utmost task in thermoelectrics. Here the new strategy to independently improve …

Comprising two volumes, Thermoelectrics and Its Energy Harvesting reviews the vast
improvements in technology and application of thermoelectric energy with a specific …

PbTe alloys have been the most efficient materials for thermoelectric power generation since
the 1950s. In addition to the observed lattice thermal conductivity reduction by alloy …