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Design Charged Edge Dislocations Toward High Performance Thermoelectrics

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Enhancing n-type PbTe thermoelectric performance through Cd alloying and strategic defects management

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Sharpened Dirac Cone and Elevated Carrier Mobility in Bi4Te3 Engineered by a High [Bi2] Bilayer Content for Thermoelectrics

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Novel Janus 2H-Tl2SSe Monolayer with Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity and Outstanding Thermoelectric Performance

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A Systematic Investigation of PbSe Thermoelectric Material

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Thermoelectric Performance of Layered PbBi4Te7 Compound

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Improving the thermoelectric properties of septuple atomic-layer SnBi2Se4 by regulating the carrier concentration through Nb doping

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Solid state preparation and thermo-electro-magnetic properties of the full-Heusler Fe2TiSi bulk alloy

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Recent advances in chalcogenides for mid-temperature thermoelectric materials

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Point Defect Engineering Thermoelectrics: From Disorder to Order

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Defect Engineering Advances Thermoelectric Materials

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ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 31660
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Realization of defects evolution for boosting thermoelectric properties in Sb doped PbSe

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N-type black phosphorus/single-walled carbon nanotubes composite films with enhanced thermoelectric properties

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Phase transition and abnormal electrical properties of AgInSe2 driven by high-pressure sintering

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First-principles investigations on the thermoelectric properties of high-entropy Ca(1-x)/3Sr(1-x)/3Ba(1-x)/3LaxTiO3 (x = 0.1, 0.25, 0.4, 0.55, 0.7) ceramics

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A critical review on medium- and high-entropy thermoelectric alloys

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Epitaxial SiGeSn Alloys for CMOS-Compatible Thermoelectric Devices

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Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of N‐Type PbSe Through Semi‐Coherent Nanostructure by AgCuTe Alloying

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Insight into Carrier and Phonon Transports of PbSnS2 Crystals

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Pavonite Homologous CdAg2.5Sb6.5Se12 as a Promising Thermoelectric Compound

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Optimizing thermoelectric performance of layered PbBi<sub>4</sub>Te<sub>7</sub> compound through Cu doping

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Advancing N‐Type PbSe as Promising Candidates for Thermoelectric Cooling and Power Generation

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Orbital Splitting and Interstitial Doping Lead to High Thermoelectric Performance in n‐type PbSe

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Decoupling of Carrier‐Phonon Transport in PbSe with Dumbbell‐Like Occupied Cu+ by Referencing Hume–Rothery Rule

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