Thermoelectrics: Basic Principles and New Materials Developments

✍ Scribed by Dr. George S. Nolas, Dr. Jeffrey Sharp, Prof. em. H. Julian Goldsmid (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 295
• Series: Springer Series in MATERIALS SCIENCE 45
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is intended to serve as an in-depth analysis of thermoelectric theory, an overview of present day thermoelectric materials and devices, and as an updated source of information on the most studied recent thermoelectric materials developments. The main emphasis is on a basic understanding of the concepts and experimental techniques needed to propel researchers towards new and novel classes of thermoelectric materials with enhanced properties. The aim is to assist researchers in the field. The text is an expanded edition of a previous text "Electronic Refrigeration" by one of the authors, Julian Goldsmid. Half of the text is devoted to research that has taken place since the publication of that text. In addition, emphasis is placed on new materials research and developments.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Historical Development....Pages 1-14
Transport of Heat and Electricity in Solids....Pages 15-57
Selection and Optimization Criteria....Pages 59-90
Measurement and Characterization....Pages 91-109
Review of Established Materials and Devices....Pages 111-176
The Phonon—Glass Electron-Crystal Approach to Thermoelectric Materials Research....Pages 177-207
Complex Chalcogenide Structures....Pages 209-233
Low-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials....Pages 235-254
Thermionic Refrigeration....Pages 255-269
Back Matter....Pages 271-293

✦ Subjects

Materials Science, general; Energy Storage; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Optical and Electronic Materials; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials