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The chronological evolution of ZT values in various thermoelectric materials,22,31,38,54,69,104,109,124,132,150,160–181 and the three detailed examples (PbSe matrix with band aligned nanocomposites,31n-type filled skutterudites,69 and superionic compound Cu2Se150).