Editorial: focus on waste-heat harvesting via thermoelectric conversion: materials, devices and systems for sustainable energy technologies.

The focus collection 'Waste-heat harvestingthermoelectric conversion: Materials, devices and systems for sustainable energy technologies' collates several research articles and a Roadmap highlighting the most recent advances in the field of thermoelectricity from the viewpoint of both basic and applied research, with a special eye on the work of the Italian community.

Experimental and computational study of the role of defects and secondary phases on the thermoelectric properties of TiNiSn (0 ≤≤ 0.12) half Heusler compounds.

The half Heusler TiNiSn compound is a model system for understanding the relationship among structural, electronic, microstructural and thermoelectric properties. However, the role of defects that deviate from the ideal crystal structure is far from being fully described. In this work, TiNiSn alloys (= 0, 0.

Experimental Assessment of Lithium Hydride's Space Radiation Shielding Performance and Monte Carlo Benchmarking.

The harmful effects of space radiation pose a serious health risk to astronauts participating in future long-term missions. Such radiation effects must be considered in the design phase of space vessels as well as in mission planning. Crew radioprotection during long periods in deep space (e.

Effects of Rapid Solidification on Phase Formation and Microstructure Evolution of AgSbTe₂-Based Thermoelectric Compounds.

We report on rapid solidification of an Ag(16.7)Sb(30.0)Te(53.