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Historically, a material parameter B incorporating weighted mobility and lattice thermal conductivity has guided the exploration of novel thermoelectric materials. However, the conventional definition of B neglects the bipolar effect which can dramatically change the thermoelectric energy conversion efficiency at high temperatures. In this paper, a generalized material parameter B* is derived, which connects weighted mobility, lattice thermal conductivity, and the band gap. Based on the new parameter B*, we explain the successful tuning of the electron and phonon transport in Mg[subscript 2]S[subscript n1−x−y]Ge[subscript x]Sb[subscript y], with an improved ZT value from 0.6 in Mg[subscript 2]Sn[subscript 0.99]Sb[subscript 0.01] to 1.4 in Mg[subscript 2]Sn[subscript 0.73]Ge[subscript 0.25]Sb[subscript 0.02]. We uncover that the Ge alloying approach simultaneously improves all the key variables in the material parameter B*, with an ∼25% enhancement in the weighted mobility, ∼27% band gap widening, and ∼50% reduction in the lattice thermal conductivity. We show that a higher generalized parameter B* leads to a higher optimized ZT in Mg[subscript 2]Sn[subscript 0.73]Ge[subscript 0.25]Sb[subscript 0.02], and some common thermoelectric materials. The new parameter B* provides a better characterization of material's thermoelectric transport, particularly at high temperatures, and therefore can facilitate the search for good thermoelectric materials.United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science. Solid-State Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Center (Award DE-SC0001299/DE-FG02-09ER46577

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New insight into the material parameter B to understand the enhanced thermoelectric performance of Mg2Sn1−x−yGexSby