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Very recently, a novel two-dimension (2D) MXene, MoSi$_2$N$_4$, was successfully synthesized with excellent ambient stability, high carrier mobility, and moderate band gap (Science 369, 670, 2020). In this work, the intrinsic lattice…
Lower-dimensional TMDC materials are suitable for thermoelectric applications for their specific quantum confinement and being distinct in the density of states (DOS). Here we investigated thermoelectric parameters of the 2D TMDC monolayer…
Topological phases, especially topological crystalline insulators (TCIs), have been intensively explored observed experimentally in three-dimensional (3D) materials. However, the two-dimensional (2D) films are explored much less than 3D…
The crystal structure, superconducting properties, and electronic structure of a novel superconducting 122-type antimonide, BaPt$_2$Sb$_2$, have been investigated by measurements of powder X-ray diffraction patterns, electrical resistivity,…
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Thermoelectric effects enable the direct conversion between thermal and electrical energy and provide an alternative route for power generation and refrigeration. The clathrate Ba8Ga16Ge30 has the highest figure of merit (ZT ~ 1) among…
Half-Heusler compounds usually exhibit relatively higher lattice thermal conductivity that is undesirable for thermoelectric applications. Here we demonstrate by first-principles calculations and Boltzmann transport theory that the BiBaK…
As a result of suppressed phonon conduction, large improvements of the thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, have been recently reported for nanostructures compared to the raw materials' ZT values. It has also been suggested that low…
In an outstanding experimental advance in the field of two-dimensional nanomaterials, cuprous iodide (CuI) and silver iodide (AgI) monolayers have been grown via a novel graphene encapsulation synthesis approach [Adv.Mater.2022, 34,…
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The coexistence of high-temperature intrinsic ferromagnetic ordering, large magnetic anisotropy, along with novel mechanical properties such as ferroelasticity and flexibility, in experimental feasible two-dimensional (2D) crystals is…
We study the thermoelectric properties of three-dimensional topological Anderson insulators with line dislocations. We show that at high densities of dislocations the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT can be dominated by one-dimensional…
We have studied the effect of spin-orbital coupling (SOC) on electronic transport properties of the thermoelectric material $\beta$-K$_{2}$Bi$_{8}$Se$_{13}$ via magnetoresistance (MR) measurements. We found that the strong SOC in this…
Due to potential applications in nano- and opto-electronics, two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted tremendous interest. Their thermal transport properties are closely related to the performance of 2D materials-based devices. Here,…
Mechanical stability of the ZnIn2X4 monolayers. The ZnIn2S4 and ZnIn2Se4 are semiconductors with direct band gaps of 3.94 and 2.77 eV, respectively whereas the ZnIn2Te4 shows an indirect band gap of 1.84 eV at the G0W0 level. The optical…
We have investigated electron transport in Nb doped SrTiO$_3$ single crystals for two doping densities. We find that the resistivity and mobility are temperature dependent in both whereas the carrier concentration is almost temperature…
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are a new class of materials with interesting physical properties and ranging from nanoelectronics to sensing and photonics. In addition to graphene, the most studied 2D material, monolayers of other layered…
We report a configuration strategy for improving the thermoelectric (TE) performance of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) WS2 based on the experimentally prepared WS2/WSe2 lateral superlattice (LS) crystal. On the…
Improving the figure of merit $zT$ of thermoelectric materials requires simultaneously a high power factor and low thermal conductivity. An effective approach for increasing the power factor is to align the band extremum and achieve high…