Thermoelectric GeTe with Diverse Degrees of Freedom Having Secured Superhigh Performance

Realizing zT of 2.3 in Ge1− x − y Sb x In y Te via Reducing the Phase-Transition Temperature and Introducing Resonant Energy Doping

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Thermoelectric Performance of IV-VI Compounds with Octahedral-Like Coordination: A Chemical-Bonding Perspective

(2018) Matteo Cagnoni et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Manipulation of Phonon Transport in Thermoelectrics

(2018) Zhiwei Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

One-step Synthesis and Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Polymer-Quantum Dot Composite Films

(2018) Wei Shi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fundamental and progress of Bi2Te3-based thermoelectric materials

(2018) Min Hong et al.   Chinese Physics B

Impact of Ni content on the thermoelectric properties of half-Heusler TiNiSn

(2018) Yinglu Tang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Rhombohedral to Cubic Conversion of GeTe via MnTe Alloying Leads to Ultralow Thermal Conductivity, Electronic Band Convergence, and High Thermoelectric Performance

(2018) Zheng Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-performance SnSe thermoelectric materials: Progress and future challenge

(2018) Zhi-Gang Chen et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Double thermoelectric power factor of a 2D electron system

(2018) Yuqiao Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Eco-Friendly Higher Manganese Silicide Thermoelectric Materials: Progress and Future Challenges

(2018) Wei-Di Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Nano-scale dislocations induced by self-vacancy engineering yielding extraordinary n -type thermoelectric Pb 0.96-y In y Se

(2018) Min Hong et al.   Nano Energy

Self-compensation induced vacancies for significant phonon scattering in InSb

(2018) Jun Mao et al.   Nano Energy

High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe–AgSbTe2 Alloys from Lattice Softening, Giant Phonon–Vacancy Scattering, and Valence Band Convergence

(2018) Gangjian Tan et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Slight Symmetry Reduction in Thermoelectrics

(2018) Subhajit Roychowdhury et al.   Chem

Design of High-Efficient Thermoelectric Materials: Tailoring Reciprocal-Space Properties by Real-Space Modification

(2018) Hao Zhu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Vacancy manipulation for thermoelectric enhancements in GeTe alloys

(2018) Xinyue Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Arrays of Planar Vacancies in Superior Thermoelectric Ge1− x − y Cd x Bi y Te with Band Convergence

(2018) Min Hong et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Incipient Metals: Functional Materials with a Unique Bonding Mechanism

(2018) Matthias Wuttig et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Thermoelectric Properties of SnSe Continue to Surprise: Extraordinary Electron and Phonon Transport

(2018) Cheng Chang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Strong Phonon–Phonon Interactions Securing Extraordinary Thermoelectric Ge1–xSbxTe with Zn-Alloying-Induced Band Alignment

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High-Performance GeTe Thermoelectrics in Both Rhombohedral and Cubic Phases

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Boosting the Thermoelectric Performance of Pseudo-Layered Sb2 Te3 (GeTe) n via Vacancy Engineering

(2018) Xiao Xu et al.   Advanced Science

Simultaneously enhancing the power factor and reducing the thermal conductivity of SnTe via introducing its analogues

(2017) Xiao Zhang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Thermoelectric generators: A review of applications

(2017) Daniel Champier   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Low Thermal Conductivity and High Thermoelectric Performance in (GeTe)1–2x(GeSe)x(GeS)x: Competition between Solid Solution and Phase Separation

(2017) Manisha Samanta et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Vacancy-induced dislocations within grains for high-performance PbSe thermoelectrics

(2017) Zhiwei Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Achieving zT > 2 in p-Type AgSbTe2− x Se x Alloys via Exploring the Extra Light Valence Band and Introducing Dense Stacking Faults

(2017) Min Hong et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

High Performance Thermoelectric Materials: Progress and Their Applications

(2017) Lei Yang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Resonant level-induced high thermoelectric response in indium-doped GeTe

(2017) Lihua Wu et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Electronic origin of the high thermoelectric performance of GeTe among the p-type group IV monotellurides

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Enhancing the thermoelectric performance of SnSe1−xTex nanoplates through band engineering

(2017) Min Hong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Phonon scattering by nanoscale twin boundaries

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Simultaneous Optimization of Carrier Concentration and Alloy Scattering for Ultrahigh Performance GeTe Thermoelectrics

(2017) Juan Li et al.   Advanced Science

Carrier density control and enhanced thermoelectric performance of Bi and Cu co-doped GeTe

(2017) S. Shimano et al.   APL Materials

Thermoelectric Devices: A Review of Devices, Architectures, and Contact Optimization

(2017) Ran He et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Evolution of crystal structures in GeTe during phase transition

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n-Type Bi2Te3–xSex Nanoplates with Enhanced Thermoelectric Efficiency Driven by Wide-Frequency Phonon Scatterings and Synergistic Carrier Scatterings

(2016) Min Hong et al.   ACS Nano

Thinking Like a Chemist: Intuition in Thermoelectric Materials

(2016) Wolfgang G. Zeier et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Rationally Designing High-Performance Bulk Thermoelectric Materials

(2016) Gangjian Tan et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Manipulating the Combustion Wave during Self-Propagating Synthesis for High Thermoelectric Performance of Layered Oxychalcogenide Bi1–xPbxCuSeO

(2016) Dongwang Yang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Realizing the High Thermoelectric Performance of GeTe by Sb-Doping and Se-Alloying

(2016) Juan Li et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

New insight into the material parameter B to understand the enhanced thermoelectric performance of Mg2Sn1−x−yGexSby

(2016) Weishu Liu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Electronegative guests in CoSb3

(2016) Bo Duan et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Realizing High Figure of Merit in Phase-Separated Polycrystalline Sn1–xPbxSe

(2016) Guodong Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enhancing thermoelectric performance of Bi2Te3-based nanostructures through rational structure design

(2016) Min Hong et al.   Nanoscale

Band engineering and improved thermoelectric performance in M-doped SnTe (M = Mg, Mn, Cd, and Hg)

(2016) X. J. Tan et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Higher thermoelectric performance of Zintl phases (Eu0.5Yb0.5)1−xCaxMg2Bi2by band engineering and strain fluctuation

(2016) Jing Shuai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Non-equilibrium processing leads to record high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTe–SrTe

(2016) Gangjian Tan et al.   Nature Communications

Thermoelectric Enhancement of Different Kinds of Metal Chalcogenides

(2016) Chao Han et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Synergistically Optimizing Electrical and Thermal Transport Properties of BiCuSeO via a Dual-Doping Approach

(2016) Yong Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Understanding the superior thermoelectric performance of Sb precipitated Ge17Sb2Te20

(2016) Jared B. Williams et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Understanding thermoelectric properties from high-throughput calculations: trends, insights, and comparisons with experiment

(2016) Wei Chen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

High performance thermoelectric materials and devices based on GeTe

(2016) Suresh Perumal et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Bi x Sb 2−x Te 3 nanoplates with enhanced thermoelectric performance due to sufficiently decoupled electronic transport properties and strong wide-frequency phonon scatterings

(2016) Min Hong et al.   Nano Energy

New Insights into Intrinsic Point Defects in V2VI3Thermoelectric Materials

(2016) Tiejun Zhu et al.   Advanced Science

Low Sound Velocity Contributing to the High Thermoelectric Performance of Ag8SnSe6

(2016) Wen Li et al.   Advanced Science

Reduction of thermal conductivity through nanostructuring enhances the thermoelectric figure of merit in Ge1−xBixTe

(2016) Suresh Perumal et al.   Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

Concentrating solar thermoelectric generators with a peak efficiency of 7.4%

(2016) Daniel Kraemer et al.   Nature Energy

Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bi2Te3 through Significant Phonon Scattering

(2015) Lei Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Band gap estimation from temperature dependent Seebeck measurement—Deviations from the 2e|S|maxTmax relation

(2015) Zachary M. Gibbs et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Thermoelectric Properties of Ba1.9Ca2.4Mg9.7Si7: A New Silicide Zintl Phase with the Zr2Fe12P7 Structure Type

(2015) Kurt Silsby et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

High Thermoelectric Performance and Enhanced Mechanical Stability of p-type Ge1–xSbxTe

(2015) Suresh Perumal et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

High Thermoelectric Performance SnTe–In2Te3 Solid Solutions Enabled by Resonant Levels and Strong Vacancy Phonon Scattering

(2015) Gangjian Tan et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Thermoelectric efficiency of (1 − x)(GeTe) x(Bi2Se0.2Te2.8) and implementation into highly performing thermoelectric power generators

(2015) J. Koenig et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Band engineering of high performance p-type FeNbSb based half-Heusler thermoelectric materials for figure of merit zT > 1

(2015) Chenguang Fu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Material descriptors for predicting thermoelectric performance

(2015) Jun Yan et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Extraordinary role of Hg in enhancing the thermoelectric performance of p-type SnTe

(2015) Gangjian Tan et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Bonding of Bi2Te3-Based Thermoelectric Legs to Metallic Contacts Using Bi0.82Sb0.18 Alloy

(2015) Roi Vizel et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Valence Band Modification and High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe Heavily Alloyed with MnTe

(2015) Gangjian Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Codoping in SnTe: Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance through Synergy of Resonance Levels and Band Convergence

(2015) Gangjian Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties in Bulk Nanowire Heterostructure-Based Nanocomposites through Minority Carrier Blocking

(2015) Haoran Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Zn-dopant dependent defect evolution in GaN nanowires

(2015) Bing Yang et al.   Nanoscale

Convergence of multi-valley bands as the electronic origin of high thermoelectric performance in CoSb3 skutterudites

(2015) Yinglu Tang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Anomalous temperature-induced volume contraction in GeTe

(2015) Tapan Chatterji et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Distributions of phonon lifetimes in Brillouin zones

(2015) Atsushi Togo et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Ultralow lattice thermal conductivity of the fully filled skutteruditeYbFe4Sb12due to the flat avoided-crossing filler modes

(2015) Wu Li et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

n-type thermoelectric material Mg2Sn0.75Ge0.25for high power generation

(2015) Weishu Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe

(2015) L.-D. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Solubility design leading to high figure of merit in low-cost Ce-CoSb3 skutterudites

(2015) Yinglu Tang et al.   Nature Communications

Realizing high figure of merit in heavy-band p-type half-Heusler thermoelectric materials

(2015) Chenguang Fu et al.   Nature Communications

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance of n-Type PbSe by Cr Doping with Optimized Carrier Concentration

(2015) Qian Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Functional Graded Germanium-Lead Chalcogenide-Based Thermoelectric Module for Renewable Energy Applications

(2015) Eden Hazan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Tuning Multiscale Microstructures to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance of n-Type Bismuth-Telluride-Based Solid Solutions

(2015) Lipeng Hu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Advanced electron microscopy for thermoelectric materials

(2015) Haijun Wu et al.   Nano Energy

Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Ultrathin Bi2Se3Nanosheets through Thickness Control

(2015) Min Hong et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

The origin of electronic band structure anomaly in topological crystalline insulator group-IV tellurides

(2015) Zhen-Yu Ye et al.   npj Computational Materials

Thermoelectric Properties of Silver Telluride–Bismuth Telluride Nanowire Heterostructure Synthesized by Site-Selective Conversion

(2014) Haiyu Fang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Origin of the High Performance in GeTe-Based Thermoelectric Materials upon Bi2Te3 Doping

(2014) Di Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High Thermoelectric Performance Realized in a BiCuSeO System by Improving Carrier Mobility through 3D Modulation Doping

(2014) Yan-Ling Pei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High Thermoelectric Performance of p-Type SnTe via a Synergistic Band Engineering and Nanostructuring Approach

(2014) Gangjian Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nuclear power: Desperately seeking plutonium

(2014) Alexandra Witze   NATURE

Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals

(2014) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   NATURE

Highly efficient functional GexPb1−xTe based thermoelectric alloys

(2014) Yaniv Gelbstein et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Optimization of thermoelectric efficiency in SnTe: the case for the light band

(2014) Min Zhou et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Resonant bonding leads to low lattice thermal conductivity

(2014) Sangyeop Lee et al.   Nature Communications

Broad temperature plateau for thermoelectric figure of merit ZT>2 in phase-separated PbTe0.7S0.3

(2014) H. J. Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Strong enhancement of phonon scattering through nanoscale grains in lead sulfide thermoelectrics

(2014) Haijun Wu et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Thermoelectric properties of the Yb9Mn4.2−xZnxSb9 solid solutions

(2014) Saneyuki Ohno et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Beneficial Contribution of Alloy Disorder to Electron and Phonon Transport in Half-Heusler Thermoelectric Materials

(2013) Hanhui Xie et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Trifold Tellurium One-Dimensional Nanostructures and Their Formation Mechanism

(2013) Lei Yang et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

All-scale hierarchical thermoelectrics: MgTe in PbTe facilitates valence band convergence and suppresses bipolar thermal transport for high performance

(2013) L. D. Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Tuning bands of PbSe for better thermoelectric efficiency

(2013) Heng Wang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

The panoscopic approach to high performance thermoelectrics

(2013) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Lone Pair Effect, Structural Distortions, and Potential for Superconductivity in Tl Perovskites

(2013) Leslie M. Schoop et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

On the Stereochemical Inertness of the Auride Lone Pair: Ab Initio Studies of AAu (A = K, Rb, Cs)

(2013) Maosheng Miao et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

High Thermoelectric Performance via Hierarchical Compositionally Alloyed Nanostructures

(2013) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High performance bulk thermoelectrics via a panoscopic approach

(2013) Jiaqing He et al.   Materials Today

High thermoelectric performance by resonant dopant indium in nanostructured SnTe

(2013) Q. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Controlling Metallurgical Phase Separation Reactions of the Ge0.87Pb0.13Te Alloy for High Thermoelectric Performance

(2013) Yaniv Gelbstein et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Enhancement of Thermopower of TAGS-85 High-Performance Thermoelectric Material by Doping with the Rare Earth Dy

(2012) E. M. Levin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Band Engineering of Thermoelectric Materials

(2012) Yanzhong Pei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Strong Phonon Scattering by Layer Structured PbSnS2in PbTe Based Thermoelectric Materials

(2012) Jiaqing He et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electric Control of the Giant Rashba Effect in Bulk GeTe

(2012) Domenico Di Sante et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The microstructure network and thermoelectric properties of bulk (Bi,Sb)2Te3

(2012) Wenjie Xie et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Low effective mass leading to high thermoelectric performance

(2012) Yanzhong Pei et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A Comparison Between the Mechanical and Thermoelectric Properties of Three Highly Efficient p-Type GeTe-Rich Compositions: TAGS-80, TAGS-85, and 3% Bi2Te3-Doped Ge0.87Pb0.13Te

(2012) Joseph Davidow et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Effects of Microstructural Evolution on the Thermoelectric Properties of Spark-Plasma-Sintered Ti0.3Zr0.35Hf0.35NiSn Half-Heusler Compound

(2012) O. Appel et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Ab Initio Modeling of α-GeTe(111) Surfaces

(2012) Volker L. Deringer et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Study of the Thermoelectric Properties of Lead Selenide Doped with Boron, Gallium, Indium, or Thallium

(2012) Qian Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Morphology Control of Nanostructures: Na-Doped PbTe–PbS System

(2012) Jiaqing He et al.   NANO LETTERS

Lattice dynamics and structure of GeTe, SnTe and PbTe

(2012) Paula Bauer Pereira et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Weak electron-phonon coupling contributing to high thermoelectric performance in n-type PbSe

(2012) H. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nanostructured thermoelectric materials: Current research and future challenge

(2012) Zhi-Gang Chen et al.   Progress in Natural Science-Materials International

Enhancement of thermoelectric figure-of-merit by resonant states of aluminium doping in lead selenide

(2011) Qinyong Zhang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Resonant levels in bulk thermoelectric semiconductors

(2011) Joseph P. Heremans et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Rational Synthesis of Ultrathin n-Type Bi2Te3 Nanowires with Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties

(2011) Genqiang Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Atom-resolved imaging of ordered defect superstructures at individual grain boundaries

(2011) Zhongchang Wang et al.   NATURE

Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   NATURE

Giant anharmonic phonon scattering in PbTe

(2011) O. Delaire et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Electronic structure and transport properties of doped PbSe

(2011) Haowei Peng et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Analysis of Ce- and Yb-Doped TAGS-85 Materials with Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure of Merit

(2010) E. M. Levin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Pb1−x Sn x Te Alloys: Application Considerations

(2010) Yaniv Gelbstein   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Enhancement of the thermoelectric properties in nanoscale and nanostructured materials

(2010) Jeannine R. Szczech et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

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(2010) Paothep Pichanusakorn et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Impurity clustering and impurity-induced bands in PbTe-, SnTe-, and GeTe-based bulk thermoelectrics

(2010) Khang Hoang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Multiferroics: Past, present, and future

(2010) Nicola A. Spaldin et al.   PHYSICS TODAY

New and Old Concepts in Thermoelectric Materials

(2009) Joseph R. Sootsman et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Unique nanostructures and enhanced thermoelectric performance of melt-spun BiSbTe alloys

(2009) Wenjie Xie et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Bulk nanostructured thermoelectric materials: current research and future prospects

(2009) A. J. Minnich et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

On-chip cooling by superlattice-based thin-film thermoelectrics

(2009) Ihtesham Chowdhury et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Lattice dynamics and specific heat ofα-GeTe: Theoretical and experimental study

(2009) R. Shaltaf et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit in nanostructured n-type silicon germanium bulk alloy

(2008) X. W. Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit in Nanostructured p-type Silicon Germanium Bulk Alloys

(2008) Giri Joshi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Resonant bonding in crystalline phase-change materials

(2008) Kostiantyn Shportko et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A map for phase-change materials

(2008) Dominic Lencer et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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(2008) G. Jeffrey Snyder et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Efficiency in PbTe by Distortion of the Electronic Density of States

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