G. Jeffrey Snyder

97.1k total citations · 40 hit papers
704 papers, 80.7k citations indexed

About

G. Jeffrey Snyder is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Jeffrey Snyder has authored 704 papers receiving a total of 80.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 661 papers in Materials Chemistry, 249 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 140 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in G. Jeffrey Snyder's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (602 papers), Thermal properties of materials (234 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (203 papers). G. Jeffrey Snyder is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (602 papers), Thermal properties of materials (234 papers) and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (203 papers). G. Jeffrey Snyder collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. G. Jeffrey Snyder's co-authors include Eric S. Toberer, Yanzhong Pei, Heng Wang, Aaron D. LaLonde, Zachary M. Gibbs, Lidong Chen, Stephen Dongmin Kang, Joseph P. Heremans, Hyun‐Sik Kim and Alex Zevalkink and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

G. Jeffrey Snyder

687 papers receiving 79.4k citations

Hit Papers

Complex thermoelectric ma... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2008 2011 2008 2015 2015 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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  1. Complex thermoelectric materials
    2008 9.3k citations G. Jeffrey Snyder, Eric S. Toberer Nature Materials profile →
  2. Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics
    2011 3.6k citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  3. Enhancement of Thermoelectric Efficiency in PbTe by Distortion of the Electronic Density of States
    2008 3.5k citations Eric S. Toberer, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  4. Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe
    2015 1.8k citations Li‐Dong Zhao, Shiqiang Hao et al. profile →
  5. Dense dislocation arrays embedded in grain boundaries for high-performance bulk thermoelectrics
    2015 1.8k citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  6. Characterization of Lorenz number with Seebeck coefficient measurement
    2015 1.6k citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. APL Materials profile →
  7. Band Engineering of Thermoelectric Materials
    2012 1.5k citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  8. Compromise and Synergy in High‐Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials
    2017 1.4k citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. Phonon engineering through crystal chemistry
    2011 774 citations Eric S. Toberer, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  10. Disordered zinc in Zn4Sb3 with phonon-glass and electron-crystal thermoelectric properties
    2004 746 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Nature Materials profile →
  11. Weighted Mobility
    2020 728 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder, Ramya Gurunathan et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  12. Yb14MnSb11:  New High Efficiency Thermoelectric Material for Power Generation
    2006 713 citations Susan M. Kauzlarich, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
  13. Thinking Like a Chemist: Intuition in Thermoelectric Materials
    2016 712 citations Wolfgang G. Zeier, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis et al. profile →
  14. High Thermoelectric Performance in Non‐Toxic Earth‐Abundant Copper Sulfide
    2014 687 citations Tristan Day, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  15. Matminer: An open source toolkit for materials data mining
    2018 675 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  16. High thermoelectric figure of merit in heavy hole dominated PbTe
    2011 660 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  17. Convergence of multi-valley bands as the electronic origin of high thermoelectric performance in CoSb3 skutterudites
    2015 651 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Nature Materials profile →
  18. Flexible n-type thermoelectric materials by organic intercalation of layered transition metal dichalcogenide TiS2
    2015 623 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Nature Materials profile →
  19. The Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth Telluride
    2019 609 citations Ian T. Witting, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  20. Intrinsic electrical transport and magnetic properties ofLa0.67Ca0.33MnO3andLa0.67Sr0.33MnO3MOCVD thin films and bulk material
    1996 601 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  21. Zintl Chemistry for Designing High Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials
    2009 571 citations Eric S. Toberer, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
  22. Low effective mass leading to high thermoelectric performance
    2012 546 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  23. Zintl phases for thermoelectric devices
    2007 501 citations Susan M. Kauzlarich, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  24. Low-Symmetry Rhombohedral GeTe Thermoelectrics
    2018 492 citations Ian T. Witting, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Joule profile →
  25. Thermoelectric properties of p-type polycrystalline SnSe doped with Ag
    2014 490 citations Tristan Day, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  26. High Thermoelectric Performance in PbTe Due to Large Nanoscale Ag2Te Precipitates and La Doping
    2010 489 citations Eric S. Toberer, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  27. Charge-transport model for conducting polymers
    2016 488 citations Stephen Dongmin Kang, G. Jeffrey Snyder Nature Materials profile →
  28. Thermoelectric Efficiency and Compatibility
    2003 485 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  29. Lattice Dislocations Enhancing Thermoelectric PbTe in Addition to Band Convergence
    2017 478 citations Riley Hanus, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  30. Heavily Doped p‐Type PbSe with High Thermoelectric Performance: An Alternative for PbTe
    2011 470 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  31. Lead telluride alloy thermoelectrics
    2011 468 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  32. Vacancy-induced dislocations within grains for high-performance PbSe thermoelectrics
    2017 433 citations Riley Hanus, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  33. Engineering half-Heusler thermoelectric materials using Zintl chemistry
    2016 400 citations Wolfgang G. Zeier, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  34. Stabilizing the Optimal Carrier Concentration for High Thermoelectric Efficiency
    2011 399 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  35. Optimum Carrier Concentration in n‐Type PbTe Thermoelectrics
    2014 388 citations Wolfgang G. Zeier, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  36. Figure of merit ZT of a thermoelectric device defined from materials properties
    2017 383 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  37. n-Type Bi2Te3–xSex Nanoplates with Enhanced Thermoelectric Efficiency Driven by Wide-Frequency Phonon Scatterings and Synergistic Carrier Scatterings
    2016 326 citations Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  38. Stretchable fabric generates electric power from woven thermoelectric fibers
    2020 319 citations G. Jeffrey Snyder et al. profile →
  39. Phase Boundary Mapping to Obtain n-type Mg3Sb2-Based Thermoelectrics
    2017 319 citations Saneyuki Ohno, Kazuki Imasato et al. Joule profile →
  40. Grain boundary dominated charge transport in Mg3Sb2-based compounds
    2018 307 citations Stephen Dongmin Kang, Kazuki Imasato et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. Jeffrey Snyder United States 132 75.3k 32.9k 17.2k 15.1k 6.7k 704 80.7k
Ctirad Uher United States 103 42.6k 0.6× 20.5k 0.6× 9.2k 0.5× 8.1k 0.5× 5.5k 0.8× 526 47.4k
Zhifeng Ren United States 112 38.9k 0.5× 22.4k 0.7× 10.0k 0.6× 9.8k 0.7× 3.6k 0.5× 510 54.1k
Li‐Dong Zhao China 97 39.9k 0.5× 21.6k 0.7× 6.4k 0.4× 7.8k 0.5× 2.4k 0.4× 504 43.0k
Jiaqing He China 95 33.8k 0.4× 18.0k 0.5× 5.4k 0.3× 7.3k 0.5× 2.0k 0.3× 349 37.1k
Philip Kim United States 108 73.2k 1.0× 32.0k 1.0× 8.9k 0.5× 3.1k 0.2× 27.6k 4.1× 328 89.1k
Alex Zettl United States 118 50.4k 0.7× 19.6k 0.6× 9.9k 0.6× 2.4k 0.2× 17.9k 2.7× 608 69.2k
Chris Wolverton United States 101 32.4k 0.4× 15.1k 0.5× 5.9k 0.3× 2.8k 0.2× 3.3k 0.5× 411 40.4k
Alexander A. Balandin United States 85 35.4k 0.5× 12.7k 0.4× 5.4k 0.3× 5.6k 0.4× 5.1k 0.8× 416 43.8k
A. H. Castro Neto United States 103 56.9k 0.8× 21.8k 0.7× 8.6k 0.5× 1.9k 0.1× 28.7k 4.3× 365 70.7k
Eric S. Toberer United States 53 21.8k 0.3× 8.8k 0.3× 4.7k 0.3× 4.0k 0.3× 3.1k 0.5× 194 24.0k

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All Works

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Sang, Lina, Chao Zhang, Khay Wai See, et al.. (2025). Advances in Topological Thermoelectrics: Harnessing Quantum Materials for Energy Applications. Advanced Materials. 37(39). e2506417–e2506417.
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Isotta, Eleonora, et al.. (2025). A thermal boundary resistance model via mean free path suppression functions and a Gibbs excess approach. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 252. 127417–127417. 2 indexed citations
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Ohtaki, Michitaka, et al.. (2025). Optimizing seebeck coefficient and thermoelectric efficiency via innovative Nb doping techniques in W18O49. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1020. 179319–179319.
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Waita, Sebastian, et al.. (2024). Optimizing biomass briquette drying: A computational fluid dynamics approach with a case study in Mozambique. 2. 100012–100012. 2 indexed citations
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Phạm, Anh Tuấn Thanh, Vinh Cao Trần, Hanh Kieu Thi Ta, et al.. (2024). Enhanced thermoelectric performance of W18O49/ZnO composite for waste heat recovery with induced high weighted mobility. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 997. 174769–174769. 1 indexed citations
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Tanvir, A. N. M., Minxiang Zeng, Ke Wang, et al.. (2024). High-performance thermoelectric composites via scalable and low-cost ink processing. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(13). 4560–4568. 10 indexed citations
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Vora–ud, Athorn, Anh Tuấn Thanh Phạm, Pennapa Muthitamongkol, et al.. (2023). Transparent-flexible thermoelectric module from In/Ga co-doped ZnO thin films. Chemical Engineering Journal. 465. 142954–142954. 19 indexed citations
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Toriyama, Michael Y., et al.. (2023). Experiment and Theory in Concert To Unravel the Remarkable Electronic Properties of Na-Doped Eu11Zn4Sn2As12: A Layered Zintl Phase. Chemistry of Materials. 35(18). 7719–7729. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yingcai, Junyan Liu, Bin Wei, et al.. (2022). Giant phonon anharmonicity driven by the asymmetric lone pairs in Mg3Bi2. Materials Today Physics. 27. 100791–100791. 20 indexed citations
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Gregory, Shawn A., Riley Hanus, Amalie Atassi, et al.. (2021). Quantifying charge carrier localization in chemically doped semiconducting polymers. Nature Materials. 20(10). 1414–1421. 101 indexed citations
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Yang, Guangsai, Lina Sang, Frank F. Yun, et al.. (2021). Significant Enhancement of Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in BiSbTe‐Based Composites by Incorporating Carbon Microfiber. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(15). 120 indexed citations
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Sun, Yandong, Yanguang Zhou, Ramya Gurunathan, et al.. (2021). Phonon scattering in the complex strain field of a dislocation in PbTe. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(27). 8506–8514. 13 indexed citations
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Xie, Hongyao, Shiqiang Hao, Trevor P. Bailey, et al.. (2021). Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Diamondoid Structures and High Thermoelectric Performance in (Cu1–xAgx)(In1–yGay)Te2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(15). 5978–5989. 80 indexed citations
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Witting, Ian T., Jann A. Grovogui, Vinayak P. Dravid, & G. Jeffrey Snyder. (2020). Thermoelectric transport enhancement of Te-rich bismuth antimony telluride (Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3+x) through controlled porosity. Journal of Materiomics. 6(3). 532–544. 54 indexed citations
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Xiao, Yu, Dongyang Wang, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2020). Band Sharpening and Band Alignment Enable High Quality Factor to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type PbS. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(8). 4051–4060. 210 indexed citations
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Imasato, Kazuki, Saneyuki Ohno, Stephen Dongmin Kang, & G. Jeffrey Snyder. (2018). Improving the thermoelectric performance in Mg3+xSb1.5Bi0.49Te0.01 by reducing excess Mg. APL Materials. 6(1). 64 indexed citations
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Ohno, Saneyuki, Kazuki Imasato, Shashwat Anand, et al.. (2017). Phase Boundary Mapping to Obtain n-type Mg3Sb2-Based Thermoelectrics. Joule. 2(1). 141–154. 319 indexed citations breakdown →
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Imasato, Kazuki, Stephen Dongmin Kang, Saneyuki Ohno, & G. Jeffrey Snyder. (2017). Band engineering in Mg3Sb2 by alloying with Mg3Bi2 for enhanced thermoelectric performance. Materials Horizons. 5(1). 59–64. 218 indexed citations
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Zeier, Wolfgang G., Shashwat Anand, Lihong Huang, et al.. (2017). Using the 18-Electron Rule To Understand the Nominal 19-Electron Half-Heusler NbCoSb with Nb Vacancies. Chemistry of Materials. 29(3). 1210–1217. 106 indexed citations
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Yang, Haoran, Je‐Hyeong Bahk, Tristan Day, et al.. (2015). Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties in Bulk Nanowire Heterostructure-Based Nanocomposites through Minority Carrier Blocking. Nano Letters. 15(2). 1349–1355. 124 indexed citations

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