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YbCd₂Sb₂ is a promising Zintl compound for waste heat recovery applications due to its low thermal conductivity, originating from its complex crystal structure. Many strategies such as alloying or doping have been suggested to further reduce the thermal conductivity of YbCd₂Sb₂ to improve its thermoelectric performance. However, the..... More

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Environmentally sustainable thermoelectric technologies can be more broadly applied in industries once the performance of thermoelectric materials is improved. Several approaches have been proposed to improve the electronic transport properties of thermoelectric materials. The effects of each approach on the electronic properties can be evaluated by changes in the band..... More

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Using thermoelectric refrigerators can address climate change because they do not utilize harmful greenhouse gases as refrigerants. To compete with current vapor compression cycle refrigerators, the thermoelectric performance of materials needs to be improved. However, improving thermoelectric performance is challenging because of the trade-off relationship between the Seebeck coefficient and..... More