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The direct energy conversion between heat and electricity based on thermoelectric effects is a topic of long-standing interest in condensed matter materials science. Experimental and theoretical investigations in order to understand the mechanisms involved and to improve the mat…

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have attracted much interest as the most efficient electrochemical device to directly convert chemical energy to usable electrical energy. The porous Ni-YSZ anode known as the state-of-the-art cermet anode material is found to show serious degradat…

Donor doped SrTiO3 is one of the most promising thermoelectric oxides, and further improvement in the properties could provide a viable and efficient thermoelectric material that can be utilised to generate electricity from waste heat at elevated temperatures. In this study, the…