Advances in thermoelectric materials research: Looking back and moving forward

Partial indium solubility induces chemical stability and colossal thermoelectric figure of merit in Cu2Se

(2017) A. A. Olvera et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Discovery of high-performance low-cost n-type Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectric materials with multi-valley conduction bands

(2017) Jiawei Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Electromagnetic radio frequency heating in the pulsed electric current sintering (PECS) process

(2017) Yufei Liu et al.   MRS Communications

New insight into InSb-based thermoelectric materials: from a divorced eutectic design to a remarkably high thermoelectric performance

(2017) Yudong Cheng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Minimum Thermal Conductivity in Weak Topological Insulators with Bismuth-Based Stack Structure

(2016) Ping Wei et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

Broad temperature plateau for high ZTs in heavily doped p-type SnSe single crystals

(2016) Kunling Peng et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Recent advances in high-performance bulk thermoelectric materials

(2016) X. Shi et al.   INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS

Enhanced thermoelectric performance in the Rashba semiconductor BiTeI through band gap engineering

(2016) Lihua Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Defect Chemistry for Thermoelectric Materials

(2016) Zhou Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Maximizing the thermoelectric performance of topological insulator Bi2Te3films in the few-quintuple layer regime

(2016) Jinghua Liang et al.   Nanoscale

Magnetoelectric interaction and transport behaviours in magnetic nanocomposite thermoelectric materials

(2016) Wenyu Zhao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Nernst effect in metals and superconductors: a review of concepts and experiments

(2016) Kamran Behnia et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

High-performance thermoelectric nanocomposites from nanocrystal building blocks

(2016) Maria Ibáñez et al.   Nature Communications

Achieving ZT=2.2 with Bi-doped n-type SnSe single crystals

(2016) Anh Tuan Duong et al.   Nature Communications

Progressive Regulation of Electrical and Thermal Transport Properties to High-Performance CuInTe2Thermoelectric Materials

(2016) Yubo Luo et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Classification of Valleytronics in Thermoelectricity

(2016) Payam Norouzzadeh et al.   Scientific Reports

New Insights into Intrinsic Point Defects in V2VI3Thermoelectric Materials

(2016) Tiejun Zhu et al.   Advanced Science

Engineering half-Heusler thermoelectric materials using Zintl chemistry

(2016) Wolfgang G. Zeier et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

On the tuning of electrical and thermal transport in thermoelectrics: an integrated theory–experiment perspective

(2016) Jiong Yang et al.   npj Computational Materials

Thermoelectric Devices for Power Generation: Recent Progress and Future Challenges 

(2015) Qi Hao Zhang et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Active thermal cloak

(2015) Dang Minh Nguyen et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Increasing the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of Tetrahedrites by Co-Doping with Nickel and Zinc

(2015) Xu Lu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

International Round-Robin Study of the Thermoelectric Transport Properties of an n-Type Half-Heusler Compound from 300 K to 773 K

(2015) Hsin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

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

Thermoelectric power factor: Enhancement mechanisms and strategies for higher performance thermoelectric materials

(2015) Arash Mehdizadeh Dehkordi et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Phonon-induced diamagnetic force and its effect on the lattice thermal conductivity

(2015) Hyungyu Jin et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2015) Yinglu Tang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Flexible n-type thermoelectric materials by organic intercalation of layered transition metal dichalcogenide TiS 2

(2015) Chunlei Wan et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

New perspectives for Rashba spin–orbit coupling

(2015) A. Manchon et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Orbitally driven giant phonon anharmonicity in SnSe

(2015) C. W. Li et al.   Nature Physics

Dense dislocation arrays embedded in grain boundaries for high-performance bulk thermoelectrics

(2015) S. I. Kim et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2015) L.-D. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Multi-localization transport behaviour in bulk thermoelectric materials

(2015) Wenyu Zhao et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2015) Yinglu Tang et al.   Nature Communications

Large Seebeck effect by charge-mobility engineering

(2015) Peijie Sun 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

Multiformity and fluctuation of Cu ordering in Cu2Se thermoelectric materials

(2015) Ping Lu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

High Thermoelectric Performance in Non-Toxic Earth-Abundant Copper Sulfide

(2014) Ying He et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Performance Pseudocubic Thermoelectric Materials from Non-cubic Chalcopyrite Compounds

(2014) Jiawei Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High superionic conduction arising from aligned large lamellae and large figure of merit in bulk Cu1.94Al0.02Se

(2014) Bin Zhong et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

BiCuSeO oxyselenides: new promising thermoelectric materials

(2014) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Abnormally enhanced thermoelectric transport properties of SWNT/PANI hybrid films by the strengthened PANI molecular ordering

(2014) Qin Yao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Spin caloritronics

(2014) Stephen R. Boona et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

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

(2014) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   NATURE

Polycrystalline graphene and other two-dimensional materials

(2014) Oleg V. Yazyev et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Transport properties and valence band feature of high-performance (GeTe)85(AgSbTe2)15thermoelectric materials

(2014) Y Chen et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Two-dimensional thermoelectrics with Rashba spin-split bands in bulk BiTeI

(2014) Lihua Wu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance and Anomalous Seebeck Effects in Topological Insulators

(2014) Yong Xu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis for compound thermoelectrics and new criterion for combustion processing

(2014) Xianli Su et al.   Nature Communications

High Band Degeneracy Contributes to High Thermoelectric Performance in p-Type Half-Heusler Compounds

(2014) Chenguang Fu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

n-Type skutterudites (R,Ba,Yb)yCo4Sb12 (R=Sr, La, Mm, DD, SrMm, SrDD) approaching ZT≈2.0

(2013) G. Rogl et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Ultrahigh Thermoelectric Performance by Electron and Phonon Critical Scattering in Cu2Se1-xIx

(2013) Huili Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Enhancing the Thermoelectric Power Factor by Using Invisible Dopants

(2013) Mona Zebarjadi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Periodic heating amplifies the efficiency of thermoelectric energy conversion

(2013) Yan Yan et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

High Thermoelectric Performance via Hierarchical Compositionally Alloyed Nanostructures

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

Engineered doping of organic semiconductors for enhanced thermoelectric efficiency

(2013) G-H. Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Enhancement of the Thermoelectric Performance of Polycrystalline In4Se2.5by Copper Intercalation and Bromine Substitution

(2013) Yubo Luo et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Thermoelectric Property Study of Nanostructured p-Type Half-Heuslers (Hf, Zr, Ti)CoSb0.8Sn0.2

(2013) Xiao Yan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Preferential Scattering by Interfacial Charged Defects for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in Few-layered n-type Bi2Te3

(2013) Pooja Puneet et al.   Scientific Reports

Phase transition enhanced thermoelectric figure-of-merit in copper chalcogenides

(2013) David R. Brown et al.   APL Materials

Chalcopyrite CuGaTe2: A High-Efficiency Bulk Thermoelectric Material

(2012) Theerayuth Plirdpring et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Band Engineering of Thermoelectric Materials

(2012) Yanzhong Pei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Topological Insulators from a Chemist’s Perspective

(2012) Lukas Müchler et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Advances in Thermal Conductivity

(2012) Eric S. Toberer et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Enhanced thermoelectric figure-of-merit in spark plasma sintered nanostructured n-type SiGe alloys

(2012) Sivaiah Bathula et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties by Modulation-Doping in Silicon Germanium Alloy Nanocomposites

(2012) Bo Yu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Giant spin Seebeck effect in a non-magnetic material

(2012) C. M. Jaworski et al.   NATURE

High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures

(2012) Kanishka Biswas et al.   NATURE

Copper ion liquid-like thermoelectrics

(2012) Huili Liu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Convergence of Conduction Bands as a Means of Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance ofn-TypeMg2Si1−xSnxSolid Solutions

(2012) Wei Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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

High Performance Thermoelectricity in Earth-Abundant Compounds Based on Natural Mineral Tetrahedrites

(2012) Xu Lu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

High Thermoelectric Efficiency of n-type PbS

(2012) Heng Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Thermopower enhancement in Pb1−xMn x Te alloys and its effect on thermoelectric efficiency

(2012) Yanzhong Pei et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Phase-Change Materials: Vibrational Softening upon Crystallization and Its Impact on Thermal Properties

(2011) Toshiyuki Matsunaga et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Stabilizing the Optimal Carrier Concentration for High Thermoelectric Efficiency

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent Developments in Semiconductor Thermoelectric Physics and Materials

(2011) Ali Shakouri   Annual Review of Materials Research

Transport and thermoelectric properties in Copper intercalated TiS2 chalcogenide

(2011) E. Guilmeau et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Synthesis and transport property of Cu1.8S as a promising thermoelectric compound

(2011) Zhen-Hua Ge et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications

(2011) M. Zebarjadi et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Resonant levels in bulk thermoelectric semiconductors

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

Oxide thermoelectrics: The challenges, progress, and outlook

(2011) Jian He et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

High Performance Thermoelectrics from Earth-Abundant Materials: Enhanced Figure of Merit in PbS by Second Phase Nanostructures

(2011) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multiple-Filled Skutterudites: High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit through Separately Optimizing Electrical and Thermal Transports

(2011) Xun Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Thermoelectrics: Direct Solar Thermal Energy Conversion

(2011) Terry M. Tritt et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Power Factor Enhancement by Modulation Doping in Bulk Nanocomposites

(2011) Mona Zebarjadi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   NATURE

Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit

(2011) Kanishka Biswas et al.   Nature Chemistry

Anomalous Lattice Dynamics near the Ferroelectric Instability in PbTe

(2011) Yi Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Enhancement in Thermoelectric Figure-Of-Merit of an N-Type Half-Heusler Compound by the Nanocomposite Approach

(2011) Giri Joshi et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Self-Tuning the Carrier Concentration of PbTe/Ag2Te Composites with Excess Ag for High Thermoelectric Performance

(2011) Yanzhong Pei et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Nanostructured Thermoelectrics: Big Efficiency Gains from Small Features

(2010) Christopher J. Vineis et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Oxide Thermoelectric Materials: A Nanostructuring Approach

(2010) Kunihito Koumoto et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Bi1−xSrxCuSeO oxyselenides as promising thermoelectric materials

(2010) L. D. Zhao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te3 atomic quintuple thin films

(2010) Ferdows Zahid et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

On Landauer versus Boltzmann and full band versus effective mass evaluation of thermoelectric transport coefficients

(2010) Changwook Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Nanostructured thermoelectrics

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

Identifying the Specific Nanostructures Responsible for the High Thermoelectric Performance of (Bi,Sb)2Te3Nanocomposites

(2010) Wenjie Xie et al.   NANO LETTERS

Thermopower of correlated semiconductors: Application toFeAs2andFeSb2

(2010) Jan M. Tomczak et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Colloquium: Topological insulators

(2010) M. Z. Hasan et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

High-performance nanostructured thermoelectric materials

(2010) Jing-Feng Li et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Enhancement of Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit by a Bulk Nanostructuring Approach

(2009) Yucheng Lan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2009) Wenjie Xie et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Topological insulators in Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 with a single Dirac cone on the surface

(2009) Haijun Zhang et al.   Nature Physics

Nanoscale granular boundaries in polycrystalline Pb0.75Sn0.25Te: an innovative approach to enhance the thermoelectric figure of merit

(2009) Xiaohua Ji et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Rapid preparation method of bulk nanostructured Yb0.3Co4Sb12+y compounds and their improved thermoelectric performance

(2008) Han Li 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

Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires

(2008) Allon I. Hochbaum et al.   NATURE

Complex thermoelectric materials

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

Intrinsically Minimal Thermal Conductivity in CubicI−V−VI2Semiconductors

(2008) D. T. Morelli et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

High-Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bismuth Antimony Telluride Bulk Alloys

(2008) B. Poudel et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2008) J. P. Heremans et al.   SCIENCE