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Ultra-low thermal conductivity in B2O3 composited SiGe bulk with enhanced thermoelectric performance at medium temperature region

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Synergy between defects, charge neutrality and energy filtering in hyper-doped nanocrystalline materials for high thermoelectric efficiency

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Modelling the simultaneous increase of the conductivity and the Seebeck coefficient in highly B-doped nc-Si

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Thermoelectrics: From history, a window to the future

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Modulation of charge transport properties in poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanocomposites for thermoelectric applications

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Understanding the Role of Oxygen-Passivated Grain Boundary in Modulating the Thermoelectric Properties of Sb2Te3 Thin Film

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Recent Advances in the Nanomaterials, Design, Fabrication Approaches of Thermoelectric Nanogenerators for Various Applications

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Effect of the Annealing on the Low-Temperature Charge Transport Properties of Heavily Boron-Doped Nanocrystalline Silicon Films for Thermoelectric Applications

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Large increase of the thermoelectric power factor in multi-barrier nanodevices

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A Monte Carlo Study on the Effect of Energy Barriers on the Thermoelectric Properties of Si

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Synergy of Energy Filtering and Modulation Doping for Large Thermoelectric Power Factors in Nanocavity Materials

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Phonon Scattering in Silicon by Multiple Morphological Defects: A Multiscale Analysis

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Fabrication of Metal Contacts on Silicon Nanopillars: The Role of Surface Termination and Defectivity

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Materials, 2024, 17, 1549
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Low-Toxic, Earth-Abundant Nanostructured Materials for Thermoelectric Applications

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Amorphous carbon nano-inclusions for strategical enhancement of thermoelectric performance in Earth-abundant Cu3SbS4

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The annealed-nanograin phase: A route to simultaneous increase of the conductivity and the Seebeck coefficient and high thermoelectric performance

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Enhancement of thermoelectric properties by energy filtering: Theoretical potential and experimental reality in nanostructured ZnSb

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Improvement of the thermoelectric performance of boron-doped silicon by blocking minority carrier diffusion on the p+/p interface

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Sputtering Codeposition and Metal-Induced Crystallization to Enhance the Power Factor of Nanocrystalline Silicon

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Advancements in thermoelectric materials for efficient waste heat recovery and renewable energy generation

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High temperature thermoelectric properties of laser sintered thin films of phosphorous-doped silicon-germanium nanoparticles

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Silicon-based low-dimensional materials for thermal conductivity suppression: recent advances and new strategies to high thermoelectric efficiency

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Optimizing thermoelectric energy harvesting from concrete surfaces: a comparative study of graphite powder and steel fiber reinforcement

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Phase transitions in thermoelectric Mg-Ag-Sb thin films

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Energy filtering enhancement of thermoelectric performance of nanocrystalline Cr1− Si composites

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Thermal conductivity engineering in width-modulated silicon nanowires and thermoelectric efficiency enhancement

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

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Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8
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Methodology of Thermoelectric Power Factor Enhancement by Controlling Nanowire Interface

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Seebeck coefficient in multiphase thin films

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Thermoelectric effect in superlattices; applicability of coherent and incoherent transport models

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Si and SiGe Nanowire for Micro-Thermoelectric Generator: A Review of the Current State of the Art

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Recent Advances on Thermoelectric Silicon for Low-Temperature Applications

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Exceptional thermoelectric power factors in hyperdoped, fully dehydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon thin films

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Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Cu2Se Flexible Thin Films by Optimizing Growth Temperature and Elemental Composition

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Thermoelectric performance enhancement in p-type Si via dilute Ge alloying and B doping

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Limitations of zT as a figure of merit for nanostructured thermoelectric materials

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Energy Filtering of Charge Carriers: Current Trends, Challenges, and Prospects for Thermoelectric Materials

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Impact of Hierarchical Dopant‐Induced Microstructure on Thermoelectric Properties of p‐Type Si‐Ge Alloys Revealed by Comprehensive Multi‐Scale Characterization

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