James P. Male

Northwestern University — United States

Materials Science · Physical Sciences

15h-index789citations28works3.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices(20), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films(13), Thermal properties of materials(10), Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials(6), Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity(3)

Publications28 total

Effective reduction of matrix thermal conductivity through composite softening
Newton·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
In situ observation of electrical resistivity increase via creep-induced dislocations in n-type PbTe
Acta Materialia·2024· 6 cited
Using vacancies to tune mechanical and elastic properties in La3−Te4, Nd3−Te4, and Pr3−Te4 rare earth telluride thermoelectric materials
Materials Today Physics·2023· 19 cited
In Situ Observation of Electrical Resistivity Increase Via Creep-Induced Dislocations in N-Type PbTe
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Suppressing Charged Cation Antisites via Se Vapor Annealing Enables p‐Type Dopability in AgBiSe<sub>2</sub>–SnSe Thermoelectrics (Adv. Mater. 38/2022)
Advanced Materials·2022Open Access
Suppressing Charged Cation Antisites via Se Vapor Annealing Enables p‐Type Dopability in AgBiSe<sub>2</sub>–SnSe Thermoelectrics
Advanced Materials·2022· 31 citedOpen Access
Hidden Local Symmetry Breaking in Silver Diamondoid Compounds is Root Cause of Ultralow Thermal Conductivity
Advanced Materials·2022· 81 citedOpen Access
Correction: The importance of phase equilibrium for doping efficiency: iodine doped PbTe
Materials Horizons·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Estimating the lower-limit of fracture toughness from ideal-strength calculations
Materials Horizons·2021· 8 cited
Collaborative architecture for human-robot assembly tasks using multimodal sensors
2021 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR)·2021
Iterative design of a high <i>zT</i> thermoelectric material
Applied Physics Letters·2021· 8 cited
Regulating Te Vacancies through Dopant Balancing via Excess Ag Enables Rebounding Power Factor and High Thermoelectric Performance in p‐Type PbTe (Adv. Sci. 20/2021)
Advanced Science·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Dislocations Stabilized by Point Defects Increase Brittleness in PbTe
Advanced Functional Materials·2021· 41 cited
Regulating Te Vacancies through Dopant Balancing via Excess Ag Enables Rebounding Power Factor and High Thermoelectric Performance in p‐Type PbTe
Advanced Science·2021· 45 citedOpen Access
Disorder-induced Anderson-like localization for bidimensional thermoelectrics optimization
Matter·2021· 30 citedOpen Access
Thermal Evolution of Internal Strain in Doped PbTe
Chemistry of Materials·2021· 15 citedOpen Access
First principles investigation of intrinsic and Na defects in XTe (X=Ca, Sr, Ba) nanostructured PbTe
Materials Today Physics·2021· 11 cited
Phase Boundary Mapping of Tin‐Doped ZnSb Reveals Thermodynamic Route to High Thermoelectric Efficiency
Advanced Energy Materials·2021· 25 citedOpen Access
Charge-carrier-mediated lattice softening contributes to high zT in thermoelectric semiconductors
Joule·2021· 74 citedOpen Access
Possibility of interstitial Na as electron donor in Yb14MgSb11
MRS Communications·2021· 6 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

G. Jeffrey Snyder(27), Shashwat Anand(8), Matthias T. Agne(7), Michael Y. Toriyama(6), Mercouri G. Kanatzidis(4), Max Wood(4), Hanhwi Jang(4), Yeon Sik Jung(4), Min‐Wook Oh(4), Vinayak P. Dravid(3), Chris Wolverton(3), Vladan Stevanović(3), Tyler J. Slade(2), Dean Cheikh(2), Kent J. Griffith(2), Sabah K. Bux(2), Anuj Goyal(2), Ian T. Witting(2), Yue Lin(2), Jong Ho Park(2)