More than 60% of the energy in the world is wasted during the energy conversion processes but can be potentially collected by thermoelectric (TE) technology. Recently, entropy engineering has been applied in the TE community, yielding numerous high-entropy material systems that exhibit outstanding TE performance. This review outlines the design principles for entropy-stabilized TE materials. Subsequently, it discusses the impact of high entropy on electrical and thermal transport properties. Furthermore, the research advancements of various high-entropy TE material systems are summarized, encompassing IV–VI compounds, half-Heusler (HH) compounds, liquid-like materials, oxide-based ceramics, and other relevant systems. Finally, the conclusion and outlook for high-entropy TE materials are elucidated. Only small regions of high-entropy TE materials have been investigated so far, and there will be vast space that remains to be explored. High-entropy TE materials will be one of the core strategies in the TE community if the optimization mechanism is completely understood.

世界上超过 60% 的能源在能源转换过程中被浪费，但可以通过热电 (TE) 技术进行收集。最近，熵工程已在TE领域得到应用，产生了大量表现出优异TE性能的高熵材料系统。本综述概述了熵稳定 TE 材料的设计原则。随后，讨论了高熵对电和热传输特性的影响。此外，还总结了各种高熵TE材料体系的研究进展，包括IV-VI化合物、半赫斯勒（HH）化合物、类液体材料、氧化物基陶瓷和其他相关体系。最后，对高熵TE材料的研究结论和展望进行了阐述。迄今为止，仅研究了高熵TE材料的小区域，还有广阔的空间有待探索。如果完全理解优化机制，高熵TE材料将成为TE社区的核心策略之一。