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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kurosaki, Ken, editor.

Takagiwa, Yoshiki, editor.

Shi, Xun, editor.

Series:

De Gruyter Textbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thermoelectric materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (IX, 213 p.)

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:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9783110594539

3110594536

9783110596526

3110596520

OCLC:

1158160173