Half-Heusler alloys are leading candidate materials for large scale thermoelectric power
generation. In the past decade, substantial improvements have been made to the …

Half-Heusler alloys are among the most promising thermoelectric materials. In the present
review, thermoelectric properties (at 300 K and 800 K) of more than 1100 compositions from …

This paper presents tables of key thermoelectric properties, which define thermoelectric
conversion efficiency, for a wide range of inorganic materials. The twelve families of …

Thermoelectric materials can be potentially applied to waste heat recovery and solid-state
cooling because they allow a direct energy conversion between heat and electricity and vice …

Recent discoveries of materials with ultralow thermal conductivity open a pathway to
significant developments in the field of thermoelectricity. Here, we conduct a comparative …

Doping at particular sites is a common method for increasing the thermoelectric efficiency of
materials, by tuning carrier concentration and electronic structure. A secondary effect of …

Heusler compounds with semiconducting properties represent an important class of
functional materials. Usually, research on these systems is guided by simple electron …

The electronic and band structures of the Gd-and Sb-based intermetallic materials have
been explored using the theoretical ab initio approach, accounting for strong electron …

Electronic structure with reference to bandgap energies play a significant role in deciding
the dimensionless figure of merit (ZT), which in turn is used to identify the thermoelectric …

Defects exert a profound influence on thermoelectric materials by altering electronic band
structures and significantly impacting their performance. Despite being a potentially …