  Thermoelectric materials, which can convert waste heat into electricity or
act as solid-state Peltier coolers, are emerging as key technologies to address
global energy shortages and environmental sustainability. However, discovering
materials with high thermoelectric conversion efficiency is a complex and slow
process. The emerging field of high-throughput material discovery demonstrates
its potential to accelerate the development of new thermoelectric materials
combining high efficiency and low cost. The synergistic integration of
high-throughput material processing and characterization techniques with
machine learning algorithms can form an efficient closed-loop process to
generate and analyze broad data sets to discover new thermoelectric materials
with unprecedented performances. Meanwhile, the recent development of advanced
manufacturing methods provides exciting opportunities to realize scalable,
low-cost, and energy-efficient fabrication of thermoelectric devices. This
review provides an overview of recent advances in discovering thermoelectric
materials using high-throughput methods, including processing,
characterization, and screening. Advanced manufacturing methods of
thermoelectric devices are also introduced to realize the broad impacts of
thermoelectric materials in power generation and solid-state cooling. In the
end, this paper also discusses the future research prospects and directions.
