--- res: bibo_abstract: - Thermoelectric materials are engines that convert heat into an electrical current. Intuitively, the efficiency of this process depends on how many electrons (charge carriers) can move and how easily they do so, how much energy those moving electrons transport, and how easily the temperature gradient is maintained. In terms of material properties, an excellent thermoelectric material requires a high electrical conductivity σ, a high Seebeck coefficient S (a measure of the induced thermoelectric voltage as a function of temperature gradient), and a low thermal conductivity κ. The challenge is that these three properties are strongly interrelated in a conflicting manner (1). On page 722 of this issue, Roychowdhury et al. (2) have found a way to partially break these ties in silver antimony telluride (AgSbTe2) with the addition of cadmium (Cd) cations, which increase the ordering in this inherently disordered thermoelectric material.@eng bibo_authorlist: - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Yu foaf_name: Liu, Yu foaf_surname: Liu foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=2A70014E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 orcid: 0000-0001-7313-6740 - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Maria foaf_name: Ibáñez, Maria foaf_surname: Ibáñez foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 orcid: 0000-0001-5013-2843 bibo_doi: 10.1126/science.abg0886 bibo_issue: '6530' bibo_volume: 371 dct_date: 2021^xs_gYear dct_identifier: - UT:000617551600027 dct_isPartOf: - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0036-8075 - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1095-9203 dct_language: eng dct_publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science@ dct_subject: - multidisciplinary dct_title: Tidying up the mess@ fabio_hasPubmedId: '33574201' ...