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Read this high-impact thermoelectrics research today:

Reviews

Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications
M. Zebarjadi, K. Esfarjani, M. S. Dresselhaus, Z. F. Ren and G. Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02497C

Resonant levels in bulk thermoelectric semiconductors
Joseph P. Heremans, Bartlomiej Wiendlocha and Audrey M. Chamoire
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02612G

Prospects for polymer-based thermoelectrics: state of the art and theoretical analysis
Theodore O. Poehler and Howard E. Katz
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22124A

Original research

Low effective mass leading to high thermoelectric performance
Yanzhong Pei, Aaron D. LaLonde, Heng Wang and G. Jeffrey Snyder
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21536E

High thermoelectric figure of merit in nanostructured p-type PbTe–MTe (M = Ca, Ba)
Kanishka Biswas, Jiaqing He, Guoyu Wang, Shih-Han Lo, Ctirad Uher, Vinayak P. Dravid and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02297K

Flexible carbon nanotube papers with improved thermoelectric properties
Weiyun Zhao, Shufen Fan, Ni Xiao, Dayong Liu, Yee Yan Tay, Cui Yu, Daohao Sim, Huey Hoon Hng, Qichun Zhang, Freddy Boey, Jan Ma, Xinbing Zhao, Hua Zhang and Qingyu Yan
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01931G

Enhancement of thermoelectric figure-of-merit by resonant states of aluminium doping in lead selenide
Qinyong Zhang, Hui Wang, Weishu Liu, Hengzhi Wang, Bo Yu, Qian Zhang, Zhiting Tian, George Ni, Sangyeop Lee, Keivan Esfarjani, Gang Chen and Zhifeng Ren
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02465E

High thermoelectric figure of merit zT>1 in Ba heavily doped BiCuSeO oxyselenides
Li-Dong Zhao, Jing Li, Jiehe Sui, Yanling Pei, Celine Barreteau, David Berardan, Nita Dragoe, Wei Cai and Jiaqing He
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22622G

Combining alloy scattering of phonons and resonant electronic levels to reach a high thermoelectric figure of merit in PbTeSe and PbTeS alloys
Christopher M. Jaworski, Bartlomiej Wiendlocha, Vladimir Jovovic and Joseph P. Heremans
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01895G

High thermoelectric figure of merit in heavy hole dominated PbTe
Yanzhong Pei, Aaron LaLonde, Shiho Iwanaga and G. Jeffrey Snyder
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00456A

A novel high-performance photovoltaic–thermoelectric hybrid device
Ning Wang, Li Han, Hongcai He, Nam-Hee Park and Kunihito Koumoto
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01646F

Sb₂Te₃ and Bi₂Te₃ based thermopower wave sources
Sumeet Walia, Rodney Weber, Sharath Sriram, Madhu Bhaskaran, Kay Latham, Serge Zhuiykov and Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01370J

Recrystallization induced in situ nanostructures in bulk bismuth antimony tellurides: a simple top down route and improved thermoelectric properties
Jun-Jie Shen, Tie-Jun Zhu, Xin-Bing Zhao, Sheng-Nan Zhang, Sheng-Hui Yang and Zhen-Zhong Yin
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00012D

You can find even more great thermoelectric research in our Energy & Environmental Science thermoelectrics web collection.

The latest issue of Energy & Environmental Science is now online. You can read the full issue here, which includes a themed collection on CO₂:

The outside front cover features an article on The cross-scale science of CO₂ capture and storage: from pore scale to regional scale by Richard S. Middleton and colleagues.

Highlights of this issue include the Editorial by Frederik C. Krebs:

Carbon dioxide – a themed issue
Frederik C. Krebs
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 7238-7239
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE90018A

and the following ‘HOT’ articles:

CO₂ extraction from seawater using bipolar membrane electrodialysis
Matthew D. Eisaman, Keshav Parajuly, Alexander Tuganov, Craig Eldershaw, Norine Chang and Karl A. Littau
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 7346-7352
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE03393C

Catalytic interconversion between hydrogen and formic acid at ambient temperature and pressure
Yuta Maenaka, Tomoyoshi Suenobu and Shunichi Fukuzumi
Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 7360-7367
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE03315A

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We are delighted to present the current issue of Energy & Environmental Science as a themed issue on biomimetic approaches to artificial photosynthesis, Guest Edited by Leif Hammarström and Michael R. Wasielewski.

The issue includes a lively mix of reviews, Perspective feature articles, Communications and full papers. Take a look at the great issue today, including:

Review
Spectroscopically characterized intermediates of catalytic H2 formation by [FeFe] hydrogenase models
Stefanie Tschierlei, Sascha Ott and Reiner Lomoth, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 2340

Perspective
Artificial photosynthetic systems. Using light and water to provide electrons and protons for the synthesis of a fuel
Christian Herrero, Annamaria Quaranta, Winfried Leibl, A. William Rutherford and Ally Aukauloo, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 2353