High Thermoelectric Figure of Merit and Nanostructuring in Bulk p‐type Na1−xPbmSbyTem+2

Worthy of merit: The new class of nanostructured p-type thermoelectrics Na1−xPbmSbyTem+2 is reported. The exceptionally high thermoelectric figures of merit ZT of these materials (see graph), which exceed those of the state-of-the-art materials PbTe and (GeTe)1−x((Ag2Te)1−y(Sb2Te3)y)x (TAGS), derive from their very low lattice thermal conductivities.