High-Performance Mg3Sb2-xBix Thermoelectrics: Progress and Perspective

Enhancing the Thermoelectric Performance of p-Type Mg3Sb2 via Codoping of Li and Cd

(2020) Xiaodan Tang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Metallic n‐Type Mg 3 Sb 2 Single Crystals Demonstrate the Absence of Ionized Impurity Scattering and Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance

(2020) Kazuki Imasato et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Analytical Models of Phonon–Point-Defect Scattering

(2020) Ramya Gurunathan et al.   Physical Review Applied

Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in N‐Type Mg 3.2 Sb 1.5 Bi 0.5 by La or Ce Doping into Mg

(2020) Fan Zhang et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

The Electronic Transport Channel Protection and Tuning in Real Space to Boost the Thermoelectric Performance of Mg3+δSb2-yBiy near Room Temperature

(2020) Zhijia Han et al.   Research

Weighted Mobility

(2020) G. Jeffrey Snyder et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Defects Engineering with Multiple Dimensions in Thermoelectric Materials

(2020) Chenxi Zhao et al.   Research

Establishing the carrier scattering phase diagram for ZrNiSn-based half-Heusler thermoelectric materials

(2020) Qingyong Ren et al.   Nature Communications

GeTe Thermoelectrics

(2020) Xinyue Zhang et al.   Joule

Anisotropic thermoelectric figure-of-merit in Mg3Sb2

(2020) F. Meng et al.   Materials Today Physics

Effective n-type doping of Mg3Sb2 with group-3 elements

(2019) Prashun Gorai et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Discovery of TaFeSb-based half-Heuslers with high thermoelectric performance

(2019) Hangtian Zhu et al.   Nature Communications

Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of n‐type Mg 3 Sb 2 by Excess Magnesium and Tellurium Doping

(2019) Yangzhong Wang et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Achieving band convergence by tuning the bonding ionicity in n‐type Mg 3 Sb 2

(2019) Xin Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Thermoelectric GeTe with Diverse Degrees of Freedom Having Secured Superhigh Performance

(2019) Min Hong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2019) Riley Hanus et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mg Deficiency in Grain Boundaries of n‐Type Mg 3 Sb 2 Identified by Atom Probe Tomography

(2019) Jimmy Jiahong Kuo et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Extraordinary n‐Type Mg 3 SbBi Thermoelectrics Enabled by Yttrium Doping

(2019) Xuemin Shi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Improvement of Low‐Temperature zT in a Mg 3 Sb 2 –Mg 3 Bi 2 Solid Solution via Mg‐Vapor Annealing

(2019) Maxwell Wood et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High thermoelectric cooling performance of n-type Mg3Bi2-based materials

(2019) Jun Mao et al.   SCIENCE

Revelation of Inherently High Mobility Enables Mg 3 Sb 2 as a Sustainable Alternative to n‐Bi 2 Te 3 Thermoelectrics

(2019) Xuemin Shi et al.   Advanced Science

Insights into the design of thermoelectric Mg3Sb2 and its analogs by combining theory and experiment

(2019) Jiawei Zhang et al.   npj Computational Materials

Defect Chemistry for N-Type Doping of Mg3Sb2-Based Thermoelectric Materials

(2019) Juan Li et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Significant enhancement in thermoelectric performance of Mg3Sb2 from bulk to two-dimensional mono layer

(2019) Shan Huang et al.   Nano Energy

Alloys to Replace Mg Anodes in Efficient and Practical Mg-Ion/Sulfur Batteries

(2019) Zhen Meng et al.   ACS Energy Letters

High‐Performance N‐type Mg 3 Sb 2 towards Thermoelectric Application near Room Temperature

(2019) Fan Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Efficient Sc-Doped Mg3.05–xScxSbBi Thermoelectrics Near Room Temperature

(2019) Xuemin Shi et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Experimental Evidence of Topological Surface States in Mg3Bi2 Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

(2019) Tong Zhou et al.   CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS

Revealing the Intrinsic Electronic Structure of 3D Half‐Heusler Thermoelectric Materials by Angle‐Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy

(2019) Chenguang Fu et al.   Advanced Science

Solid solution formation in Mg2(Si,Sn) and shape of the miscibility gap

(2019) Mohammad Yasseri et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Rapid One-Step Synthesis and Compaction of High-Performance n-Type Mg3 Sb2 Thermoelectrics

(2019) Jiawei Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Revealing nano-chemistry at lattice defects in thermoelectric materials using atom probe tomography

(2019) Yuan Yu et al.   Materials Today

Significantly enhanced thermoelectric properties of p-type Mg 3 Sb 2 via co-doping of Na and Zn

(2018) Zhensong Ren et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Lanthanide Contraction as a Design Factor for High-Performance Half-Heusler Thermoelectric Materials

(2018) Yintu Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Study on anisotropy of n-type Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectric materials

(2018) Shaowei Song et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Enhancement of average thermoelectric figure of merit by increasing the grain-size of Mg3.2Sb1.5Bi0.49Te0.01

(2018) Tsutomu Kanno et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Grain boundary dominated charge transport in Mg3Sb2-based compounds

(2018) Jimmy Jiahong Kuo et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

High thermoelectric performance of α-MgAgSb for power generation

(2018) Zihang Liu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Significant Role of Mg Stoichiometry in Designing High Thermoelectric Performance for Mg3(Sb,Bi)2-Based n-Type Zintls

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

Computational prediction of a high ZT of n-type Mg3Sb2-based compounds with isotropic thermoelectric conduction performance

(2018) Juan Li et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

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

(2018) Cheng Chang et al.   SCIENCE

New Insight on Tuning Electrical Transport Properties via Chalcogen Doping in n-type Mg3 Sb2 -Based Thermoelectric Materials

(2018) Jiawei Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Investigation of n-type doping strategies for Mg3Sb2

(2018) Prashun Gorai et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Band engineering in Mg3Sb2 by alloying with Mg3Bi2 for enhanced thermoelectric performance

(2018) Kazuki Imasato et al.   Materials Horizons

Improving the thermoelectric performance in Mg3+xSb1.5Bi0.49Te0.01 by reducing excess Mg

(2018) Kazuki Imasato et al.   APL Materials

Thermal conductivity in Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3+xand the role of dense dislocation arrays at grain boundaries

(2018) Rigui Deng et al.   Science Advances

Strain-induced suppression of the miscibility gap in nanostructured Mg2Si–Mg2Sn solid solutions

(2018) Su-in Yi et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

An ab initio investigation on the electronic structure, defect energetics, and magnesium kinetics in Mg3Bi2

(2018) Jeongjae Lee et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Thermal stability of Mg3Sb1.475Bi0.475Te0.05 high performance n-type thermoelectric investigated through powder X-ray diffraction and pair distribution function analysis

(2018) Lasse Rabøl Jørgensen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Improved Stability and High Thermoelectric Performance Through Cation Site Doping in n-type La-doped Mg3Sb1.5Bi0.5

(2018) Kazuki Imasato et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Extraordinary thermoelectric performance in n-type manganese doped Mg3Sb2 Zintl: High band degeneracy, tuned carrier scattering mechanism and hierarchical microstructure

(2018) Xiaoxi Chen et al.   Nano Energy

Mg3+ δ Sb x Bi2− x Family: A Promising Substitute for the State-of-the-Art n-Type Thermoelectric Materials near Room Temperature

(2018) Rui Shu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Chemical bonding origin of the unexpected isotropic physical properties in thermoelectric Mg3Sb2 and related materials

(2018) Jiawei Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Realization of a Type-II Nodal-Line Semimetal in Mg3 Bi2

(2018) Tay-Rong Chang et al.   Advanced Science

Tuning the carrier scattering mechanism to effectively improve the thermoelectric properties

(2017) Jing Shuai et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Topological Type-II Nodal Line Semimetal and Dirac Semimetal State in Stable Kagome Compound Mg3Bi2

(2017) Xiaoming Zhang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Superparamagnetic enhancement of thermoelectric performance

(2017) Wenyu Zhao et al.   NATURE

Manipulation of ionized impurity scattering for achieving high thermoelectric performance in n-type Mg3Sb2-based materials

(2017) Jun Mao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Advances in thermoelectric materials research: Looking back and moving forward

(2017) Jian He et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical properties of nanostructured thermoelectric materials α-MgAgSb

(2017) Zihang Liu et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

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

(2017) Jiawei Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Unique Role of Refractory Ta Alloying in Enhancing the Figure of Merit of NbFeSb Thermoelectric Materials

(2017) Junjie Yu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Simultaneous improvement of power factor and thermal conductivity via Ag doping in p-type Mg3Sb2 thermoelectric materials

(2017) Lirong Song et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Thermoelectric properties of AMg2X2, AZn2Sb2 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba; X = Sb, Bi), and Ba2ZnX2 (X = Sb, Bi) Zintl compounds

(2017) Jifeng Sun et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Mg vacancy and dislocation strains as strong phonon scatterers in Mg 2 Si 1−x Sb x thermoelectric materials

(2017) Jiazhan Xin et al.   Nano Energy

Eco-friendly high-performance silicide thermoelectric materials

(2017) Wei Liu et al.   National Science Review

Defect Engineering for Realizing High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type Mg3Sb2-Based Materials

(2017) Jun Mao et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Tetradymites as thermoelectrics and topological insulators

(2017) Joseph P. Heremans et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Computationally guided discovery of thermoelectric materials

(2017) Prashun Gorai et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

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

(2017) Ran He et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Hierarchical Chemical Bonds Contributing to the Intrinsically Low Thermal Conductivity in α-MgAgSb Thermoelectric Materials

(2016) Pingjun Ying et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Isotropic Conduction Network and Defect Chemistry in Mg3+δSb2-Based Layered Zintl Compounds with High Thermoelectric Performance

(2016) Hiromasa Tamaki et al.   ADVANCED 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

Designing high-performance layered thermoelectric materials through orbital engineering

(2016) Jiawei Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Understanding and manipulating the intrinsic point defect in α-MgAgSb for higher thermoelectric performance

(2016) Zihang Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Origins of phase separation in thermoelectric (Ti, Zr, Hf)NiSn half-Heusler alloys from first principles

(2016) Alexander Page et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

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 properties of Na-doped Zintl compound: Mg 3− x Na x Sb 2

(2015) Jing Shuai et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Current progress and future challenges in thermoelectric power generation: From materials to devices

(2015) Weishu Liu et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Thermoelectric Devices for Power Generation: Recent Progress and Future Challenges 

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

High Performance α-MgAgSb Thermoelectric Materials for Low Temperature Power Generation

(2015) Pingjun Ying et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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

Miscibility Gap in the Phase Diagrams of Thermoelectric Half-Heusler Materials CoTi $$_{1-x}Y_x$$ 1 - x Y x Sb (Y = Sc, V, Mn, Fe)

(2015) Joaquin Miranda Mena et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

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

(2015) Yinglu Tang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

Twisting phonons in complex crystals with quasi-one-dimensional substructures

(2015) Xi Chen 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

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

(2015) Lipeng Hu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

High Efficiency Half-Heusler Thermoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting

(2015) Tiejun Zhu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Demonstration of a phonon-glass electron-crystal strategy in (Hf,Zr)NiSn half-Heusler thermoelectric materials by alloying

(2015) Yintu Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Fine tuning of thermoelectric performance in phase-separated half-Heusler compounds

(2015) Elisabeth Rausch et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Higher mobility in bulk semiconductors by separating the dopants from the charge-conducting band – a case study of thermoelectric PbSe

(2015) Heng Wang et al.   Materials Horizons

Significant Roles of Intrinsic Point Defects in Mg2X(X= Si, Ge, Sn) Thermoelectric Materials

(2015) Xiaohua Liu et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

High Performance Mg2(Si,Sn) Solid Solutions: a Point Defect Chemistry Approach to Enhancing Thermoelectric Properties

(2014) Guangyu Jiang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Point Defect Engineering of High-Performance Bismuth-Telluride-Based Thermoelectric Materials

(2014) Lipeng Hu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2014) Ying He et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

BiCuSeO oxyselenides: new promising thermoelectric materials

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

Phonon-glass electron-crystal thermoelectric clathrates: Experiments and theory

(2014) Toshiro Takabatake et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

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

(2014) Chenguang Fu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Optimum Carrier Concentration in n-Type PbTe Thermoelectrics

(2014) Yanzhong Pei et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

The intrinsic disorder related alloy scattering in ZrNiSn half-Heusler thermoelectric materials

(2014) Hanhui Xie et al.   Scientific Reports

Thermoelectric properties of Mn-doped Mg–Sb single crystals

(2014) Soohyun Kim et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

High thermoelectric performance of MgAgSb-based materials

(2014) Huaizhou Zhao et al.   Nano Energy

Grain boundary complexions

(2013) Patrick R. Cantwell et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Tuning bands of PbSe for better thermoelectric efficiency

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

Glass-like phonon scattering from a spontaneous nanostructure in AgSbTe2

(2013) J. Ma et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Mg3Sb2-based Zintl compound: a non-toxic, inexpensive and abundant thermoelectric material for power generation

(2013) A. Bhardwaj et al.   RSC Advances

The Criteria for Beneficial Disorder in Thermoelectric Solid Solutions

(2012) Heng Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Band Engineering of Thermoelectric Materials

(2012) Yanzhong Pei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Density functional theory study of the structural and electronic properties of Mg3Bi2in hexagonal and cubic phases

(2012) Matin Sedighi et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-APPLIED PHYSICS

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

(2012) Bo Yu et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

Phase separation as a key to a thermoelectric high efficiency

(2012) Michael Schwall et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Abinitiodetermination of crystal structures of the thermoelectric material MgAgSb

(2012) Melanie J. Kirkham et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

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

Optimized Thermoelectric Properties of Sb-Doped Mg2(1+z)Si0.5–ySn0.5Sbythrough Adjustment of the Mg Content

(2011) Wei Liu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

VESTA 3for three-dimensional visualization of crystal, volumetric and morphology data

(2011) Koichi Momma et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Phonon engineering through crystal chemistry

(2011) Eric S. Toberer et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Grain boundary engineering: historical perspective and future prospects

(2011) Tadao Watanabe   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

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

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

On the Design of High-Efficiency Thermoelectric Clathrates through a Systematic Cross-Substitution of Framework Elements

(2010) Xun Shi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Characterization and analysis of thermoelectric transport inn-typeBa8Ga16−xGe30+x

(2009) Andrew F. May et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Combined Experimental and Density Functional Theory Studies on the Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties of Mg(Mg1-xMnx)2Sb2(x≈ 0.25) and BaMn2Sb2

(2008) Sheng-Qing Xia et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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

(2008) Giri Joshi et al.   NANO LETTERS

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