Polycrystalline samples of thallium compounds, Tl 9 BiTe 6 , TlBiTe 2 , TlSbTe 2 , and AgTlTe were prepared and the thermoelectric properties such as the electrical resistivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity were measured. The Seebeck coefficients of Tl 9 BiTe 6 , TlSbTe 2 , and AgTlTe are positive, while that of TlBiTe 2 is negative. The thermal conductivities of these thallium compounds are very low compared with state-of-the-art thermoelectric materials. Especially, AgTlTe indicates extremely low value, 0.25 Wm À1 K À1 at room temperature. The dimensionless figure of merit ZT of thallium compounds are relatively high due to their very low thermal conductivities. The maximum value of ZT is obtained for TlSbTe 2 as 0.87 at 715 K.