Thermoelectric micro/nano generators. Volume 1, Fundamental physics, materials and measurements / coordinated by Hiroyuki Akinaga, Atsuko Kosuga, Takao Mori, Gustavo Ardila.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akinaga, Hiroyuki, editor.

Kosuga, Atsuko, editor.

Mori, Takao, editor.

Ardila, Gustavo, editor.

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Series:

Energy. Energy recovery

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thermoelectric generators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Other Title:

Fundamental physics, materials and measurements

Place of Publication:

London, UK : ISTE, Ltd. ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2023.

Contents:

Preface ix Hiroyuki AKINAGA, Atsuko KOSUGA and Takao MORI

Part 1 Introduction to Materials Development

Chapter 1 Strategies for Development of High Performance Thermoelectric Materials 3 Takao MORI, Atsuko KOSUGA and Hiroyuki AKINAGA

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Selectively lowering the thermal conductivity

1.2.1 Utilizing nanostructuring and defects

1.2.2 Utilizing crystal structure and bonding

1.3 Enhancing the Seebeck coefficient/power factor

1.4 Outlook for materials development

1.5 References

Chapter 2 Computational and Data-Driven Development of Thermoelectric Materials 17 Prashun GORAI and Michael TORIYAMA

2.1 General theory

2.1.1 Boltzmann transport theory

2.1.2 Relaxation time approximation

2.1.3 Thermoelectric properties

2.1.4 Defect theory

2.2 Applications

2.2.1 Transport calculations

2.2.2 Defect and doping calculations

2.2.3 Thermoelectric material search with high-throughput computations and machine learning

2.3 Outlook

2.4 References

Part 2 Thermoelectric Materials

Chapter 3 Thermoelectric Copper and Silver Chalcogenides 73 Holger KLEINKE

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Binary copper and silver chalcogenides

3.3 Ternary and higher copper and silver chalcogenides

3.3.1 Minerals based on copper and silver chalcogenides

3.3.2 Tl-containing copper and silver chalcogenides

3.3.3 Ba-containing copper and silver chalcogenides

3.4 Conclusion

3.5 Acknowledgments

3.6 References

Chapter 4 Sulfide Thermoelectrics: Materials and Modules 93 Michihiro OHTA, Priyanka JOOD and Kazuki IMASATO

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Materials

4.2.1 Rare-earth sulfides

4.2.2 Layered sulfides

4.2.3 Pb-Bi-S-based systems

4.2.4 Cu and Ag sulfide-based superionic conductors

4.2.5 Tetrahedrites and colusites

4.2.6 Chevrel-phase sulfides

4.2.7 Chalcopyrite

4.3 Modules

4.3.1 Colusites

4.3.2 Cu and Ag sulfide-based superionic conductors

4.4 Summary and prospects

4.5 References

Chapter 5 A Concise Review of Strongly Correlated Oxides 125 Ichiro TERASAKI

5.1 Introduction to electron correlation

5.2 Electronic states of transition-metal oxides

5.3 3D transition-metal oxides

5.3.1 Co oxides

5.3.2 Cu oxides

5.3.3 Other 3D transition-metal oxides

5.4 4D transition-metal oxides

5.4.1 Rh oxides

5.4.2 Ru oxides

5.5 Concluding remarks

5.6 References

Chapter 6 Nanocarbon Materials as Thermoelectric Generators 149 Tsuyohiko FUJIGAYA and Yoshiyuki NONOGUCHI

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Carbon nanotubes

6.3 Transport to materials studies

6.4 Chemical doping

6.5 Thermoelectric generators using CNT

6.6 TEG based on CNT sheet

6.7 TEG fabrication based on CNT-based ink

6.8 CNT yarn and their fabric

6.9 Conclusion

6.10 References

Part 3 Metrology of Thermal Properties

Chapter 7 Precise Measurement of the Absolute Seebeck Coefficient from the Thomson Effect 183 Yasutaka AMAGAI

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Absolute scale of thermoelectricity

7.3 Measurement methods of the Thomson effect

7.3.1 Conventional method

7.3.2 New measurement methods: AC-DC method

7.4 Summary and outlook

7.5 References

Chapter 8 Thermal Diffusivity Measurement of Thin Films by Ultrafast Laser Flash Method 201 Tetsuya BABA, Takahiro BABA and Takao MORI

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Laser flash method and ultrafast laser flash method

8.2.1 Laser flash method

8.2.2 Ultrafast laser flash method

8.3 Basic equation for data analysis

8.3.1 Response function method

8.3.2 Uniform single layer

8.3.3 Quadruple matrix

8.3.4 Thin film/substrate model

8.3.5 Temperature response after periodic pulse heating

8.4 Analysis of observed temperature response

8.4.1 Picosecond pulsed light heating

8.4.2 Nanosecond pulsed light heating

8.5 Metrological standard and traceability for measurements of thin film thermophysical properties

8.6 Application of measurement from industrial to basic physics

8.7 References

List of Authors

Index

Summary of Volume 2.

Notes:

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9781394256419

1394256418

Publisher Number:

90101435989

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