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Starrydata experimental thermoelectric ZT frontiers

Experimental bulk-material ZT at 300 K and 700 K.

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Eligible samples
4,672
300 K values
2,295
700 K values
3,036
Frontier candidates
24

ZT frontiers by publication date

300 K

300 K Provisional running ZT frontier by paper publication date. 0 1 2 3 1990 2000 2010 2020 2026 15 Jul 1995 · ZT 0.048053 · Co0.97Ir0.03Sb2.85As0.15 · 10.1063/1.360402 1 Mar 2003 · ZT 0.39007 · Tl9BiTe6 · 10.1016/s0925-8388(02)01114-3 1 Jan 2004 · ZT 0.988195 · (Bi2(Te0.94Se0.06)3)99.27(Sb)0.12(Te)0.12(I)0.38( Cu)0.05(Br)0.06 · 10.1063/1.1630363 29 Mar 2004 · ZT 1.088373 · Zn4Sb3 · 10.1063/1.1689396 1 Jan 2005 · ZT 1.125397 · (Bi2Te3)0.24(Sb2Te3)0.76 · 10.2320/matertrans.46.959 5 Oct 2005 · ZT 1.135778 · (Bi0.25Sb0.75)2Te3 · 10.1007/s10853-005-1712-6 2 May 2008 · ZT 1.162373 · Bi8Sb44Te48 · 10.1126/science.1156446 8 Sept 2010 · ZT 1.385862 · Bi0.48Sb1.52Te3 · 10.1021/nl100804a 1 Jan 2018 · ZT 1.402058 · (Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3)91.26(Sb2O3)8.74 · 10.1039/c8ta08238c 1 Jun 2018 · ZT 1.625757 · (Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3)43.24(Te)56.76 · 10.1126/sciadv.aar5606 31 Jan 2020 · ZT 1.742354 · (Bi2Te3)0.93(Ga2Te5)0.07 · 10.1021/acsaem.9b02500

700 K

700 K Provisional running ZT frontier by paper publication date. 0 1 2 3 1990 2000 2010 2020 2026 15 Apr 1991 · ZT 0.405184 · P0.0055Si0.8Ge0.2 · 10.1063/1.348408 29 Mar 2004 · ZT 1.025964 · CeFe4Sb12 · 10.1063/1.1689396 1 Nov 2005 · ZT 1.072477 · PbTe · 10.1088/0953-8984/17/46/015 1 Jan 2006 · ZT 1.223275 · Ag9.04Tl0.87Te5.09 · 10.2320/matertrans.47.1938 1 Aug 2007 · ZT 1.264319 · Pb0.958Sn0.042Te0.84S0.16 · 10.1021/ja071875h 12 May 2008 · ZT 1.453053 · (GeTe)75(AgSbTe2)25 · 10.1088/0957-4484/19/24/245707 16 Jan 2011 · ZT 1.537879 · (PbTe)0.97(NaTe)0.01(SrTe)0.02 · 10.1038/nchem.955 9 May 2012 · ZT 1.606699 · Tl0.02Pb0.98TeSi0.02Na0.02 · 10.1021/nl3002183 21 Jul 2014 · ZT 1.696606 · Ge0.53Ag0.13Sb0.27Te · 10.1021/ic5010243 8 Dec 2017 · ZT 1.727132 · Ge0.85Bi0.05Sb0.10Te · 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04023 19 Jan 2018 · ZT 2.275856 · Ge0.89Sb0.1In0.01Te · 10.1002/adma.201705942 20 Nov 2020 · ZT 2.386564 · (GeTe)0.95(Sb2Te3)0.05 · 10.1002/adma.202005612 30 Sept 2025 · ZT 2.549393 · Ge0.92Bi0.06Ga0.02Te1.01 · 10.1021/jacs.5c11936

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11 300 K and 13 700 K frontier candidates require paper-level checking.

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Definition and filters+
Sample type
Experiment · Bulk
Properties
Temperature in K · dimensionless ZT
Targets
300 K and 700 K
Interpolation
Linear; no extrapolation; maximum 50 K bracketing gap
Date
Paper issued date
Deduplication
One value per paper and sample identifier at each temperature
All provisional frontier records+

300 K · 11 steps

DateZTCompositionFamilySource
1995-07-15 0.048 Co0.97Ir0.03Sb2.85As0.15 Skutterudite DOI
2003-03-01 0.390 Tl9BiTe6 Unstated DOI
2004-01-01 0.988 (Bi2(Te0.94Se0.06)3)99.27(Sb)0.12(Te)0.12(I)0.38( Cu)0.05(Br)0.06 Bi2Te3 DOI
2004-03-29 1.088 Zn4Sb3 Unstated DOI
2005-01-01 1.125 (Bi2Te3)0.24(Sb2Te3)0.76 Unstated DOI
2005-10-05 1.136 (Bi0.25Sb0.75)2Te3 Bi2Te3 DOI
2008-05-02 1.162 Bi8Sb44Te48 Bi2Te3 DOI
2010-09-08 1.386 Bi0.48Sb1.52Te3 Unstated DOI
2018-01-01 1.402 (Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3)91.26(Sb2O3)8.74 Unstated DOI
2018-06-01 1.626 (Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3)43.24(Te)56.76 Unstated DOI
2020-01-31 1.742 (Bi2Te3)0.93(Ga2Te5)0.07 Unstated DOI

700 K · 13 steps

DateZTCompositionFamilySource
1991-04-15 0.405 P0.0055Si0.8Ge0.2 Alloy DOI
2004-03-29 1.026 CeFe4Sb12 Unstated DOI
2005-11-01 1.072 PbTe Unstated DOI
2006-01-01 1.223 Ag9.04Tl0.87Te5.09 Telluride DOI
2007-08-01 1.264 Pb0.958Sn0.042Te0.84S0.16 PbTe DOI
2008-05-12 1.453 (GeTe)75(AgSbTe2)25 Unstated DOI
2011-01-16 1.538 (PbTe)0.97(NaTe)0.01(SrTe)0.02 PbTe DOI
2012-05-09 1.607 Tl0.02Pb0.98TeSi0.02Na0.02 Unstated DOI
2014-07-21 1.697 Ge0.53Ag0.13Sb0.27Te Telluride DOI
2017-12-08 1.727 Ge0.85Bi0.05Sb0.10Te PbTe DOI
2018-01-19 2.276 Ge0.89Sb0.1In0.01Te Unstated DOI
2020-11-20 2.387 (GeTe)0.95(Sb2Te3)0.05 Unstated DOI
2025-09-30 2.549 Ge0.92Bi0.06Ga0.02Te1.01 Telluride DOI
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