Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics by Yanzhong Pei and others Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Primary source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21544143/
Relevant evidence: Nature 473, pp. 66–69; valley convergence in doped lead telluride-selenide alloys.
Yanzhong Pei Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Yanzhong Pei is the first-listed author of Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics by Yanzhong Pei and others. The study uses convergence of electronic bands in lead telluride-based alloys to improve performance measured by the thermoelectric figure of merit. It illustrates how electronic structure can be engineered alongside heat transport when optimizing the thermoelectric figure of merit.[ref]