Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 15.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in thermoelectric materials research, including high-performance nanostructured bulk alloys, high-temperature figure of merit, and applications in energy harvesting and waste heat recovery.
- Thermoelectric
- Materials
- Performance
- Nanostructured
- High-Temperature
- Figure of Merit
- Bulk Alloys
- Energy Harvesting
- Electrical Transport
- Waste Heat Recovery
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +47% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.8k and 712 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.8k works
- 2 India 712 works
- 3 United States 481 works
- 4 Japan 360 works
- 5 South Korea 296 works
- 6 Germany 161 works
- 7 Russia 145 works
- 8 France 143 works
- 9 Saudi Arabia 127 works
- 10 United Kingdom 119 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices research, followed by Wuhan University of Technology and Harbin Institute of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 88 works
- 2 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 76 works
- 3 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 56 works
- 4 Shenzhen UniversityChina 53 works
- 5 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 49 works
- 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 47 works
- 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 46 works
- 8 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 43 works
- 9 Sichuan UniversityChina 42 works
- 10 National Institute for Materials ScienceJapan 42 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices include Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi and David J. Singh.
- 1 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
- 2 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
- 3 David J. Singh United States 5.1k citations
- 4 Mercouri G. Kanatzidis United States 4.3k citations
- 5 A. C. Gossard United States 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Wuhan (China) and Xi'an (China).
Where is the best place to study Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices?
Among universities, judged by research, Queensland University of Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology and Shenzhen University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia | 68.9 | 67.2% | 8.7× | 21 | — |
| 2 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina | 67.5 | 32.7% | 9.2× | 34 | +888.3% |
| 3 | Shenzhen UniversityChina | 63.7 | 26.3% | 10.2× | 53 | +100.2% |
| 4 | Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina | 56.0 | 9.6% | 10.4× | 41 | +163.1% |
| 5 | Donghua UniversityChina | 55.7 | 29.3% | 12.2× | 31 | +37.9% |
| 6 | Wuhan University of TechnologyChina | 54.0 | 17.1% | 13.5× | 76 | -19.3% |
| 7 | University of TsukubaJapan | 53.0 | 14.2% | 8.6× | 24 | +252.6% |
| 8 | Beihang UniversityChina | 51.1 | 36.6% | 5.1× | 39 | +108.7% |
| 9 | Riphah International UniversityPakistan | 50.6 | 31.4% | 10.7× | 10 | — |
| 10 | Indian Institute of Technology MandiIndia | 49.5 | 13.6% | 15.7× | 11 | +705.8% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.