Figure 1. Number of publications during (a) 1946–1990 and (b) 1970–2021 for thermoelectric materials. Inset in (b) shows the year-wise number of publications on thermoelectrics in ACS journals. (Source: Web of Science Core Collection. Clarivate Analytics Data, accessed August 25, 2021.) Figure 2. Crystal structures of (left) Bi₂Te₃ and (right) SnSe. Both these layered materials consist of strong intralayer bonding and weak interlayer bonding along the different crystallographic axes. I thank Prashant V. Kamat, Editor-in-Chief, ACS Energy Letters, for a critical reading and useful suggestions while preparing this editorial. This article references 14 other publications.

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报告热电特性的基本注意事项

图 1. (a) 1946-1990 和 (b) 1970-2021 期间热电材料的出版物数量。(b) 中的插图显示了 ACS 期刊中关于热电的年度出版物数量。（来源：Web of Science 核心合集。科睿唯安分析数据，于 2021 年 8 月 25 日访问。）图 2.（左）Bi ₂ Te ₃和（右）SnSe 的晶体结构。这两种层状材料都由沿不同晶轴的强层内键合和弱层间键合组成。感谢ACS Energy Letters 的主编 Prashant V. Kamat在准备这篇社论时提供的批判性阅读和有用的建议。本文引用了 14 篇其他出版物。