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2025

1.  Y. Liu,* T. Kleinhanns, S. Horta, E. P. Dutkiewicz-Kopczynska, S. Lu, M. C. Spadaro, A. Genç, L. Chen, K. H. Lim, M. Hong, J. Arbiol, M. Ibáñez*, Liquid-Solid Interface Reactions Drive Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in Ag2SeJ. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 32199–32208.

2.  S. Lu, Z. Zhu, W. Meng, J. Wang, L. Huang, M. Li, A. Genç, K. Lim, A. Cabot, Y. Wu, Y. Zhang,* M. Hong,* J. Yan,* Y. Liu*Synergistic Microstructure and Composition Engineering via Na2S Enables High-Performance Porous PbTe Thermoelectrics with Ultrahigh Device Power DensityAdv. Mater.  2025, 2512589.

3.  W. Meng, L. Xu, S. Lu, M. Li, M. Li, Y. Zhang, Q. Wang, W. Wang, S. Huo, M. A. Bañares, M. Martin-Gonzalez, M. Ibáñez, A. Cabot, M. Hong,* Y. Liu,* K. H. Lim*, Thiol-Amine Complexes for the Synthesis and Surface Engineering of SnTe Nanomaterials toward High Thermoelectric PerformanceACS Nano 2025, 19, 34395–34407.

4.  L. Xu,# L. Huang,# W. Meng, C. Wang, S. Lu, S. Wan, M. Li, X. Yang, Q. Wang, W. Wang, A. Cabot, Y. Zhang,* Y. Liu,* K. H. Lim* Grain Boundary and Interface Engineering Enables Thermally Stable Nanocomposites for High-Performance Thermoelectric DevicesAdv. Funct. Mater.  2025, under review R1.

5.   K. Lim,* Y. Xia, L. Xu, M. Zhao, M. Li, Y. Cheng, J. Mao, S. Wang, L. Chen , S. Tsang, P. Liu, Q. Wang, X. Yang, W.. Wang, A. Cabot, M. Hong*, Y. Zhang*, Y. Liu*, Thermoelectric performance in Ag2Se nanocomposites: The role of interstitial Ag and Pb orbital hybridizationChem. Eng. J. 2025, 162265.

6.   S. Xiao, M. Zhao, M. Li, S. Wan, A. Genç, L. Huang, L. Chen, Y. Zhang, M. Ibáñez, K. H. Lim,* M. Hong,* Y. Liu,* A. Cabot.* Band and Defect Engineering in Solution-Processed Nanocrystal Building Blocks to Promote Transport Properties in Nanomaterials: The Case of Thermoelectric Cu3SbSe4. Nano Res. 2025, 18, 94906990.

7.   H. Shu, M. Zhao, S. Lu, S. Wan, A. Genç, L. Huang, M. Ibáñez, K. H. Lim,* M. Hong,* Y. Liu* Influence of surface engineering on the transport properties of lead sulfide nanomaterials. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2025, 683, 703-712.

8.   M. Zhao, S. Lu, S. Wan, L. Huang, X. Liu, M. Li, Y. Zhang, K. H. Lim,* M. Hong,* Y. Liu,* Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance of Cd-doped AgSbSe2 Nanomaterials through Band and Surface EngineeringAppl. Surf. Sci. 2025, 701, 163245.

9.   S. Lu, S. Sha, J. Wang, L. Huang*, Y. Liu,* J. Yan*, Y. Wu, Synergistic enhancement of thermoelectric performance in n-type PbSe through Sn and Cu co-doping by tuning carrier transport and thermal propertiesJ. Eur. Ceram. Soc.  2025, 117636.

10.   M. Zhao, S. Lu, W. Meng, L. Xu, S. Wan*, Y. Liu*Optimizing thermoelectric performance in AgSbSe2 through surface engineeringMater. Lett. 2025, 391, 138515.

11.   Y. Zhang,* C. Xing, D. Wang, A. Genç, S. H. Lee, C. Chang, Z. Li, L. Zheng, K. H. Lim, H. Zhu, R. B. Smriti, Y. Liu, S. Cheng, M. Hong, X. Fan, Z. Mao, L. D. Zhao, A. Cabot, T. Zhu,* B. Poudel,* Realizing high power factor and thermoelectric performance in band engineered AgSbTe2Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 22.

12.   X. Zhao, M. Li,* M. Jia, C. Fiedler, B. Nan, D. Yang, L. Li, Z. Yuan, H. Song,* Y. Liu, M. Ibáñez, Z. Wang,* C. Shan, A. Cabot,* Low‐Dimensional Structure Modulation in Ag8SnSe6 for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 2421449.

13.   L. Huang, S. Wan, J. Wu, B. Wang, H. Yu, Y. Liu, J. Zhang, Y. Wu, X. Zhang*, J. Yan*, J. Zhang*, Triple Synergistic Modulation via Sn Doping in Tetrahedrites: Electronic Structure, DOS, and Scattering Engineering for a High Thermoelectric PerformanceACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17, 28384-28394.

14.   Y. Xia, J. Li, Z. Ji, K. Zhou, Y. Zhang, Y. Liu, S. W. Tsang, K. W. Wong, Q. Wang, W. Wang, A. Cabot, X. Yang,* K. H. Lim.* Surface-Engineering Cellulose Nanofibers via In Situ PEDOT Polymerization for Superior Thermoelectric PropertiesAdv. Mater.  2025, 37, 2506338.




2024

1.       Shaoqing Lu, Lulu Huang, Yu Liu,* Development of Solution-Processed p-Type Polycrystalline SnSe Thermoelectric Nanomaterials. Mater. Lab 2024, 3,, 3, 240008.

2.       Yu Liu, Seungho Lee, Christine Fiedler, Maria Chiara Spadaro, Cheng Chang, Mingquan Li, Min Hong, Jordi Arbiol, Maria Ibáñez,* Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance of Solution-Processed Polycrystalline SnSe with PbSe nanocrystals. Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 490, 151405. 

3.         S. Wan, S. Xiao, M. Li, X. Wang, K. H. Lim, M. Hong, M. Ibáñez, A. Cabot, Y. Liu,*Band Engineering Through Pb-Doping of Nanocrystal Building Blocks to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance in Cu3SbSe4. Small Methods 2024, 8, 2301377.

4.         C. Fiedler, M. Calcabrini, Y. Liu, Maria Ibáñez,* Unveiling the Overlooked yet Performance Determining Chemistry behind Solution-Processed Thermoelectric Materials. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202402068. (Nature Index).

5.         M. Li, X. Zhao, D. Wang, X. Han, D. Yang, B. Wu, H. Song, M. Jia, Y. Liu, J. Arbiol, A. Cabot, Enhancing the Thermoelectric and Mechanical Properties of P-Type PbS through Band Convergence and Microstructure Rregulation. Nano Lett. 2024, 24, 26, 8126. (Nature Index).

6.         C Fiedler, Y Liu, M Ibáñez.* Solution-Processed, Surface-Engineered, Polycrystalline CdSe-SnSe Exhibiting Low Thermal Conductivity. Journal of Visualized Experiments, e66278.

7.         W. Zhang, M. Li,* M. Jia, Y. Fan, Y. Zhang, Z. Tian, X. Li, Y. Liu, D. Yang, H. Song,* A. Cabot. Realizing High Mechanical and Thermoelectric Properties of N-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 Ingots through Powder Sintering and Carrier Concentration Regulation. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 2024, 44, 8, 5088-5095.

8.         K. H. Lim,* M. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Wu, Q. Zhou, Q. Wang, X. Yang, P. Liu, W. Wang, K. W. Wong, K. M. Ng, Y. Liu, A. Cabot.* Modulation Doping of P-Type Cu12Sb4S13 Toward Improving Thermoelectric Performance. J. Mater. Sci. Technol. 2024, 171, 71-79.

9.         B. Wu, X. Zhao, M. Jia, D. Yang, Y. Liu, H, Song,* D. Wang, A. Cabot, M. Li.* Synergistic Effects of Interstitial and Substitutional Doping on the Thermoelectric Properties of PbS. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2024, 125, 223901.




2023

1.         Y. Liu,* M. Li, S. Wan, K. H. Lim, Y. Zhang, M. Li, J. Li, M. Ibáñez, M. Hong,* A. Cabot, Surface Chemistry and Band Engineering in AgSbSe2: Toward High Thermoelectric Performance. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 11923–11934. (Nature Index).

2.         Z. Yuan, X. Zhao, C. Wang, S. Hang, M. Li,* Y. Liu,* Exploring material properties and device output performance of a miniaturized flexible thermoelectric generator using scalable synthesis of Bi2Se3 nanoflakes.  Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 1937.

3.         C. Xing, Y. Zhang,* K. Xiao, X. Han, Y. Liu, B. Nan, M. G. Ramon, K. H. Lim, J. Li, J. Arbiol, B. Poudel, A. Nozariasbmarz, W. Li, M. Ibáñez,* A. Cabot,* Thermoelectric Performance of Surface-Engineered Cu1.5-xTe-Cu2Se Nanocomposites. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 8442. (Nature Index).

4.         Z. Hu, R. Wei, C. Yan, H. Wan, Y. Liu, L. Cheng, Z. Li, J. M. Song,* Inducing High Power Factor in Cu2GeSe3-Based Bulk Materials via (Bi, Zn)-Co-doping. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023, 6, 5, 2962–2972.

5.         C. Xing, L. Yang, R. He, M. C. Spadaro, Y. Zhang,* J. Arbiol, J. Li, B. Poudel, A. Nozariasbmarz, W. Li, K. H. Lim, Y. Liu, J. Llorca, A. Cabot,* Brookite TiO2 Nanorods as Promising Electrochromic and Energy Storage Materials for Smart Windows. Small 2023 19, 49, 2303639.


2022

1.         Y. Liu, M. Calcabrini, Y. Yu, S. Lee, C. Chang, J. David, T. Ghosh, M. C. Spadaro, C. Xie, O. Cojocaru-Mirédin, J. Arbiol, M. Ibáñez,* Defect engineering in solution-processed polycrystalline SnSe leads to high thermoelectric performance. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 78. (Nature Index).

2.         M. Li, Y. Liu*, Y. Zhang, C. Chang, X. Han, K. Xiao, J. Arbiol, J. Llorca, M. Ibañez, A. Cabot*, Room temperature aqueous-based synthesis of copper-doped lead sulfide nanoparticles for thermoelectric application, Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 433, 133837.

3.         Z. Hu, H. Xu, C. Yan, Y. Liu*, Q. Han, L. Cheng, Z. Li*, J. Song*, Enhancement of the Thermoelectric Performance of Cu2GeSe3 via Isoelectronic (Ag, S)-co-substitution. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 20972–20980.

4.         C. Chang, Y. Liu, S. Lee, M. C. Spadaro, K. M. Koskela, T. Kleinhanns, T. Costanzo, J. Arbiol, R. L. Brutchey, M. Ibáñez. Surface Functionalization of Surfactant‐Free Particles: A Strategy to Tailor the Properties of Nanocomposites for Enhanced Thermoelectric PerformanceAngew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202207002. (Nature Index).

5.         Z. Hu, H. Xu, Y. Lin, Y. Liu, X. Xu, Z. L, J. Song,* Rational design, two-step synthesis of Cu2GeS3 crystal with enhanced thermoelectric performance by Te alloying. J. Mater. Sci. Mater. 2022, 33, 15894–15903.


2021

1.         Y. Liu, M. Ibáñez,* Tidying up the mess: Cadmium doping improves the thermoelectric properties of AgSbTe2 through ordering effects. Science 2021, 371, 678. (Nature Index).

2.         Y. Liu,# M. Calcabrini,# Y. Yu, M. C. Chang, A. Genç, S. Lee, T. Costanzo T. Kleinhanns, M. Ibáñez,* The importance of surface adsorbates in solution-processed thermoelectric materials: the case of SnSe. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2106858. (Nature Index).

3.          M. Li, Y. Liu,* Y. Zhang, T. Zhang, Y. Zuo, K. Xiao, J. Arbiol, J. Llorca, M. Ibáñez, J. Liu, A. Cabot,* Effect of the annealing atmosphere on crystal phase and thermoelectric properties of copper sulfideACS Nano 2021, 15, 4967. (Nature Index).

4.         Y. Zhang,# C. Xing,# Y. Liu,* M. Chiara, X. Wang, M. Li, K. Xiao, T. Zhang, P. Guardia, J. Arbiol, M. Ibáñez, A. Cabot,* Doping-mediated stabilization of copper vacancies to promote thermoelectric properties of Cu2-xS. Nano Energy 2021, 85, 105991.

5.         Y. Zhang,# C. Xing,# Y. Liu,* M. Li, Ke Xiao, S. Lee, X. Han, J. Roa, J. Arbiol, D. Cadavid, M. Ibañez, K. Pan, M. Prato, Y. Xie, A. Cabot,* Influence of copper telluride nanodomains on the transport properties of n-type bismuth telluride. Chem. Eng. J. 2021, 418, 129374. 

6.         M. Li, Y. Liu*, Y. Zhang, X. Han, K. Xiao, M. Nabahat, J. Arbiol, J. Llorca, M. Ibañez, A. Cabot*, PbS–Pb–CuxS composites for thermoelectric application, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 51373–51382.

7.         M. Li, Y. Zhang, T. Zhang, Y. Zuo, K. Xiao, J. Arbiol, J. Llorca, Y. Liu,* A. Cabot,* Enhanced thermoelectric performance of n-Type Bi2Se3 nanosheets through Sn doping. Nanomaterials 2021, 7, 1827.

8.         M. Calcabrini, A. Gençb, Y. Liu, S. Lee, D. N. Dirind, Q. A. Akkermand, M. V. Kovalenkod, J. Arbiol, M. Ibáñez, Exploiting the lability of metal halide perovskites for doping semiconductor nanocomposites. ACS Energy Lett. 2021, 6, 581–587.

9.         D. Cadavid, K. Wei, Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, M. Li, A. Genç, T. Berestok, M. Ibáñez, A. Shavel, G. S. Nolas,* and A. Cabot,* Synthesis, bottom-up assembly and thermoelectric properties of Sb-doped PbS nanocrystal building blocks. Materials 2021, 14, 853.


2020

1.         Y. Zhang, # Y. Liu, # C. Xing, T. Zhang, M. Li, M. Pacios, X. Yu, J. Arbiol, J. Llorca, M. Ibañez,* A. Cabot*, Tin selenide molecular precursor for solution-processable thermoelectric materials. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 24, 27104.

2.         Y Zhang, Y. Liu,* C. Xing, X. Han, J. Arbiol, D. Cadavid, M. Ibáñez, and A. Cabot,* Bismuth telluride–copper telluride nanocomposites from heterostructured building blocksJ. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8, 14092.

3.         D. Cadavid, S. Ortega, S. Illera, Y. Liu, M. Ibáñez, A. Shavel, Y. Zhang, M. Li, A. M. Lopez, A. Cabot,* Influence of the ligand stripping on the transport properties of nanoparticle-based PbSe nanomaterials. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 2120–2129.


2019

1.         M. Ibáñez*, R. Hasler, A. Genç, Y. Liu, B. Kuster, M. Schuster, O. Drobozhan, D. Cadavid, J. Arbiol, A. Cabot, M. V. Kovalenko*, Ligand-mediated band engineering in bottom-up assembled SnTe nanocomposites for thermoelectric energy conversion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 8025-8029 (Nature Index).

2.         M. Ibáñez*, A. Genç, R. Hasler, Y. Liu, O. Dobrozhan, O. Nazarenko, M. Mata, J. Arbiol, A. Cabot, M. V Kovalenko*, Tuning transport properties in thermoelectric nanocomposites through inorganic ligands and heterostructured building blocks. ACS Nano 2019, 13,6572-6580 (Nature Index).

3.         K. H. Lim, K. Wong, Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, D. Cadavid, A. Cabot,* K. M. Ng,* Critical role of nanoinclusions in silver selenide nanocomposites as a promising room temperature thermoelectric material. J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 2646-2652.

4.         K. H. Lim, K.W. Wong, D. Cadavid, Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, A. Cabot,* K. M. Ng,* Mechanistic study of energy dependent scattering and hole-phonon interaction at hybrid polymer composite interfaces for optimized thermoelectric performance. Compos. B. Eng. 2019, 164, 54-60.

5.         M. Li, Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, Y. Zuo, J. Li, K. H. Lim, D. Cadavid, K. M. Ng, A. Cabot,* Crystallographically textured SnSe nanomaterials produced from the liquid phase sintering of nanocrystals. Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 3641-3647.

6.         H. B. Xie,* Y. Sánchez, P. Y. Tang, M. E.Rodríguez, M. Guc, L. C. Barrio, S. L. Marino, Y. Liu, J. R. Morante, A. Cabot, V. I. Roca, J. Arbiol, A. P. Rodríguez, E. Saucedo,* Enhanced hetero-junction quality and performance of kesterite solar cells by aluminum hydroxide nanolayers and efficiency limitation revealed by atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy. Solar RRL 2019, 3, 1800279.


Before 2018

1.         Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, K. Lim, M. Ibáñez, S. Ortega, M. V. Kovalenko, D. Cadavid,* A. Cabot,* High thermoelectric performance in crystallographically textured n-type Bi2Te3-xSex produced from asymmetric colloidal nanocrystals. ACS Nano 2018, 12, 7174. (Nature Index).

2.         Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, S. Ortega, M. Ibáñez, K. Lim, J. Arbiol, M. V. Kovalenko, D. Cadavid,* A. Cabot,* High crystallographically textured nanomaterials produced from the liquid phase sintering of BixSb2-xTe3 nanocrystal building blocks. Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 2557. (Nature Index).

3.         Y. Liu, G. García, S. Ortega, D. Cadavid,* P. Palacios, J. Y. Lu, M. Ibáñez, L. L. Xi, J. De Roo, et al. Solution-based synthesis and processing of Sn- and Bi-doped Cu3SbSe4 nanocrystals and ring-shaped thermoelectric generators. J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 2592.

4.         Y. Liu, D. Cadavid,* M. Ibáñez, S. Ortega, S. Martí-Sánchez, O. Dobrozhan, M.V. Kovalenko, J. Arbiol, A. Cabot,* Thermoelectric properties of semiconductor-metal composites produced by particle blendingAPL Mater. 2016, 4, 104813.

5.         Y. Liu, D. Cadavid,* M. Ibáñez, J. D. Roo, S. Ortega, O. Dobrozhan, M. V Kovalenko, A. Cabot,* Colloidal AgSbSe2 nanocrystals: Surface analysis, electronic doping and processing into thermoelectric nanomaterials. J. Mater. Chem. C 2016, 4, 4756.

6.         B. Q. Zhang,Y. Liu,# Y. Zuo, J. S. Chen, J. M. Song,* C. J. Mao, H. L. Niu, Colloidal synthesis and thermoelectric properties of CuFeSe2 nanocrystals. Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 8.

7.         Y. Zhang, Y. Liu, K. H. Lim, C. Xing, M. Li, T. Zhang, P. Tang, J. Arbiol, K. M. Ng, M. Ibáñez, D. Cadavid, A. Cabot.* Tin Diselenide molecular precursor for solution‐processable thermoelectric materials. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 130, 17309-17314. (Nature Index).

8.         S. Ortega, M. Ibáñez,* Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, M. V Kovalenko, D. Cadavid,* A. Cabot,* Bottom-up engineering of thermoelectric nanomaterials and devices from solution-processed nanoparticle building blocks. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 3510-3528.

9.         M. Ibáñez, Z. S. Luo, A. Genç, L. Piveteau, S.Ortega, D. Cadavid, O. Dobrozhan, Y. Liu, M. Nachtegaal, M. Zebarjadi, J. Arbiol, M. V. Kovalenko,* A. Cabot,* High-performance thermoelectric nanocomposites from nanocrystal building blocks. Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 10766. (Nature Index).

10.      F. Krizek, J. E. Sestoft, P. Aseev, S. Marti-Sanchez, S. Vaitiekėnas, L. Casparis, S. A. Khan, Y. Liu, T. Stankevič and M. Whiticar, Field effect enhancement in buffered quantum nanowire networks. Phys. Rev. Mater. 2018 2, 093401.

11.      Z. S. Luo, E. Irtem, M. Ibáñez, R. Nafria, S. Marti, A. Genç, M. Mata, Y. Liu, D. Cadavid, J. Llorca, J. Arbiol, T. Andreu, J. R. Morante, A. Cabot,* Mn3O4@CoMn2O4–CoxOy nanoparticles: partial cation exchange synthesis and electrocatalytic properties toward the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 17435-17444.

12.      Y. Zuo, Y. Liu, Q. P. He, J. M. Song,* C. J. Mao, H. L. Niu. CuAgSe nanocrystals: colloidal synthesis, characterization and their thermoelectric performance. J. Mater. Sci. 2018, 53, 14998-15008.

13.      L. Vaure, Y. Liu, D. Cadavid, F. Agnese, D. Aldakov, S. Pouget, A. Cabot, P. Reiss, P.* Chenevier. doping and surface effects of CuFeS2 nanocrystals used in thermoelectric nanocomposites. ChemNanoMat 2018, 4, 982-991.

14.      C. Dun, Y. Liu, A. Al-Qawasmeh, C. A. Hewitt, Y. Guo, J. Xu, Q. Jiang, J. Wang, D. Cadavid, G. Marcus, K. Kovnir, A. Cabot, D. L. Carroll,* Topological doping effects in 2D chalcogenide thermoelectrics. 2D Mater. 2018, 5. 045008.

15.      M. Ibáñez, R. Hasler, Y. Liu, O. Dobrozhan, O. Nazarenko, D. Cadavid, A. Cabot, M. V. Kovalenko,* Tuning p-type transport in bottom-up-engineered nanocrystalline Pb chalcogenides using alkali metal chalcogenides as capping ligands. Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 7093-7097.

16.      J. M. Song,* Y. Liu, H. L. Niu, C. J. Mao, L. J. Cheng, S. Y. Zhang, Y. H. Shen. Hot-injection synthesis and characterization of monodispersed ternary Cu2SnSe3 nanocrystals for thermoelectric applications. J. Alloys Compd. 2013; 581, 646.

17.      D. Ling, Y. J. Tu, J. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. M. Song,* Preparation of CMC-Na-assisted Fe3S4 magnetic nanocomposites and their adsorption and microwave absorbing properties. chemistry-huaxue tongbao 2014, 77(12).