Thermoelectric generators, capable of directly converting heat into electricity, hold great
promise for tackling the ever-increasing energy sustainability issue. The thermoelectric …

Thermoelectric energy conversion system has great appeal in term of its silence, simplicity
and reliability as compared with traditional power generator and refrigerator. The past two …

A high thermoelectric power factor not only enables a potentially high figure of merit ZT but
also leads to a large output power density, and hence it is pivotal to find an effective route to …

Achieving higher carrier mobility plays a pivotal role for obtaining potentially high
thermoelectric performance. In principle, the carrier mobility is governed by the band …

Thermoelectric materials have attracted extensive interest in the last two decades due to
their potential applications in waste-heat recovery from industrial processes, automobiles …

The extraordinary optoelectronic performance of hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites has
resulted in extensive efforts to unravel their properties. Recently, observations of ferroic twin …

Alternative renewable energy sources are immensely important in view of the increase in
worldwide energy needs and environmental effects. The thermoelectric (TE) technology is …

Improvements in thermoelectric material performance over the past two decades have
largely been based on decreasing the phonon thermal conductivity. Enhancing the power …

Grain or phase boundaries play a critical role in the carrier and phonon transport in bulk
thermoelectric materials. Previous investigations about controlling boundaries primarily …

The strong interdependence between the Seebeck coefficient, the electrical and thermal
conductivity makes it difficult to obtain a high thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT. It is of critical …