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Breakthrough Material Boosts Electronics by Decoupling Heat and Charge

4/22/2025

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Researchers at TU Wien are revolutionizing thermoelectric materials by cleverly suppressing heat transport while boosting electron mobility. Their groundbreaking study in Nature Communications reveals that incorporating the topological insulator Bi1–xSbx at grain boundaries effectively decouples charge and heat transport, paving the way for more efficient microsensors and miniature electronics.

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Researchers at TU Wien are revolutionizing thermoelectric materials by cleverly suppressing heat transport while boosting electron mobility. Their groundbreaking study in Nature Communications reveals that incorporating the topological insulator Bi1–xSbx at grain boundaries effectively decouples charge and heat transport, paving the way for more efficient microsensors and miniature electronics.