Thermoelectric materials : principles and concepts for enhanced properties / edited by Ken Kurosaki, Yoshiki Takagiwa, and Xun Shi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kurosaki, Ken, editor.

Shi, Xun, editor.

Takagiwa, Yoshiki, editor.

Series:

De Gruyter graduate

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thermoelectric materials.

Physical Description:

ix, 213 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How can you design good thermoelectric materials? This book covers thermoelectric material concepts and synthesis techniques in particular focusing methods for enhancing current materials designs to achieve the greatest thermoelectric efficiencies. This book is ideal for researchers and advanced students of materials science, physics, and energy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of contributors

1. Thermoelectric materials and applications: a brief review

2. Power factor optimization and lattice thermal conductivity reduction: a case study on Si

3. Microstructure control of thermoelectric materials

4. Half-Heusler thermoelectric materials for waste heat recovery

5. Thermoelectric properties of Mg2Si and its derivatives: effects of lattice defects and secondary phases

6. Thermoelectric oxides

7. Carrier energy filtering effect in thermoelectric materials

8. Charge transfer and interface design in thermoelectric materials

9. All-scale phonon scattering

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110596489

3110596482

OCLC:

1096285259

Publisher Number:

99987477206