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Realizing N-type SnTe Thermoelectrics with Competitive Performance through Suppressing Sn Vacancies

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Employing Interfaces with Metavalently Bonded Materials for Phonon Scattering and Control of the Thermal Conductivity in TAGS‐ x Thermoelectric Materials

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Anomalously Large Seebeck Coefficient of CuFeS2 Derives from Large Asymmetry in the Energy Dependence of Carrier Relaxation Time

(2020) Hongyao Xie et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Establishing the Golden Range of Seebeck Coefficient for Maximizing Thermoelectric Performance

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Chalcogenides by Design: Functionality through Metavalent Bonding and Confinement

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Highly Converged Valence Bands and Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity for High‐Performance SnTe Thermoelectrics

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Advanced Thermoelectric Design: From Materials and Structures to Devices

(2020) Xiao-Lei Shi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Exceptionally High Average Power Factor and Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in n-type PbSe by the Dual Incorporation of Cu and Te

(2020) Chongjian Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nanoscale defect structures advancing high performance n-type PbSe thermoelectrics

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Lattice Softening Significantly Reduces Thermal Conductivity and Leads to High Thermoelectric Efficiency

(2019) Riley Hanus et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Origin of Intrinsically Low Thermal Conductivity in Talnakhite Cu17.6Fe17.6S32 Thermoelectric Material: Correlations between Lattice Dynamics and Thermal Transport

(2019) Hongyao Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ba2Si3P6: 1D Nonlinear Optical Material with Thermal Barrier Chains

(2019) Justin Mark et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of N-type eco-friendly material Cu1-xAgxFeS2 (x=0–0.14) via bandgap tuning

(2019) Bangzhi Ge et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Large Thermal Conductivity Drops in the Diamondoid Lattice of CuFeS2 by Discordant Atom Doping

(2019) Hongyao Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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Ag-Segregation to Dislocations in PbTe-Based Thermoelectric Materials

(2018) Yuan Yu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultralight, Recoverable, and High-Temperature-Resistant SiC Nanowire Aerogel

(2018) Lei Su et al.   ACS Nano

Defect Engineering for High-Performance n-Type PbSe Thermoelectrics

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

3D charge and 2D phonon transports leading to high out-of-planeZTin n-type SnSe crystals

(2018) Cheng Chang et al.   SCIENCE

n-type cubic GeSe stabilized by entropy driven alloying of AgBiSe2 leads to ultralow thermal conductivity and promising thermoelectric performance

(2018) Subhajit Roychowdhury et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Soft phonon modes from off-center Ge atoms lead to ultralow thermal conductivity and superior thermoelectric performance in n-type PbSe–GeSe

(2018) Zhong-Zhen Luo et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Incipient Metals: Functional Materials with a Unique Bonding Mechanism

(2018) Matthias Wuttig et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Performance n-Type PbSe–Cu2Se Thermoelectrics through Conduction Band Engineering and Phonon Softening

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

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

Intrinsic Rattler-Induced Low Thermal Conductivity in Zintl Type TlInTe2

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High Thermoelectric Performance in Electron-Doped AgBi3S5 with Ultralow Thermal Conductivity

(2017) Gangjian Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Remarkable Roles of Cu To Synergistically Optimize Phonon and Carrier Transport in n-Type PbTe-Cu2Te

(2017) Yu Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enhancing p-Type Thermoelectric Performances of Polycrystalline SnSe via Tuning Phase Transition Temperature

(2017) Yong Kyu Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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Nonmagnetic In Substituted CuFe1–xInxS2 Solid Solution Thermoelectric

(2016) Hongyao Xie et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Multiple Converged Conduction Bands in K2Bi8Se13: A Promising Thermoelectric Material with Extremely Low Thermal Conductivity

(2016) Yanling Pei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Role of Zn in Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 : Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Cu1- x Zn x FeS2 with In Situ Nanoprecipitates

(2016) Hongyao Xie et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Low Sound Velocity Contributing to the High Thermoelectric Performance of Ag8SnSe6

(2016) Wen Li et al.   Advanced Science

Anisotropic Multicenter Bonding and High Thermoelectric Performance in Electron-Poor CdSb

(2015) Shanyu Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

A wearable thermoelectric generator fabricated on a glass fabric

(2014) Sun Jin Kim et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Thermoelectric transport properties of diamond-like Cu1−xFe1+xS2 tetrahedral compounds

(2014) Yulong Li et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

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

(2014) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   NATURE

High Thermoelectric Power Factor in a Carrier-Doped Magnetic Semiconductor CuFeS2

(2013) Naohito Tsujii et al.   Applied Physics Express

The Criteria for Beneficial Disorder in Thermoelectric Solid Solutions

(2012) Heng Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Synthesis and property evaluation of CuFeS2−x as earth-abundant and environmentally-friendly thermoelectric materials

(2012) Jianhui Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

A facile synthetic approach for copper iron sulfide nanocrystals with enhanced thermoelectric performance

(2012) Daxin Liang et al.   Nanoscale

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(2012) Kanishka Biswas et al.   NATURE

A high temperature diffraction-resistance study of chalcopyrite, CuFeS2

(2011) T.E. Engin et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

Seeing Is Believing: Weak Phonon Scattering from Nanostructures in Alkali Metal-Doped Lead Telluride

(2011) Jiaqing He et al.   NANO LETTERS

Role of Lone-Pair Electrons in Producing Minimum Thermal Conductivity in Nitrogen-Group Chalcogenide Compounds

(2011) Eric J. Skoug et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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(2009) Mercouri G. Kanatzidis   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS