中文摘要：

掺杂是一种提高热电材料性能的常用方法，通过掺杂得到的三元镁基热电材料具有更好的综合性能。概述了三元镁基热电材料的性能、常用制备方法，介绍了几种常见的三元镁基热电材料。

英文摘要：

Doping is a commonly used method improving properties of thermoelectric materials. Ternary Mg- based thermoelectric materials made by doping have better comprehensive properties. The paper summarizes the performance and preparation of the ternary Mg based thermoelectric materials, and introduces several kinds of common ternary Mg-based thermoelectric materials.