The binary skutterudite CoSb 3 is a narrow bandgap semiconductor thermoelectric (TE)
material with a relatively flat band structure and excellent electrical performance. However …

Lead chalcogenides have long been used for space‐based and thermoelectric remote
power generation applications, but recent discoveries have revealed a much greater …

From an environmental perspective, lead-free SnTe would be preferable for solid-state
waste heat recovery if its thermoelectric figure-of-merit could be brought close to that of the …

SnTe, a lead-free rock-salt analogue of PbTe, having valence band structure similar to PbTe,
recently has attracted attention for thermoelectric heat to electricity generation. However …

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 …

The field of thermoelectrics has progressed enormously and is now growing steadily
because of recently demonstrated advances and strong global demand for cost‐effective …

Thermoelectric materials can directly generate electrical power from waste heat but the
challenge is in designing efficient, stable and inexpensive systems. Nanostructuring in bulk …

The efficiency of thermoelectric energy converters is limited by the material thermoelectric
figure of merit (zT). The recent advances in zT based on nanostructures limiting the phonon …

Thermoelectric properties are heavily dependent on the carrier concentration, and therefore
the optimization of carrier concentration plays a central role in achieving high thermoelectric …

The multivalence bands in GeTe provide an additional handle to manipulate the
thermoelectric performance. Herein, the density‐functional‐theory calculation indicates that …