Ebook: Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Science of Thermoelectric Materials: Beyond Bismuth Telluride
Author: M. S. Dresselhaus Y.-M. Lin O. Rabin (auth.) M. G. Kanatzidis S. D. Mahanti T. P. Hogan (eds.)
- Tags: Optical and Electronic Materials, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
- Series: Fundamental Materials Research
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This volume: Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science of Thermoelectric Materials: Beyond Bismuth Telluride contains a series of topical articles that were presented as invited lectures by prominent leaders in this field at a workshop held in Traverse City, Michigan in the summer of 2002. These articles place the state of the art, regarding design principles, candidate materials and systems and current advances in context and should serve as a useful source of insights into this field for both beginning students and practitioners alike.
This volume: Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science of Thermoelectric Materials: Beyond Bismuth Telluride contains a series of topical articles that were presented as invited lectures by prominent leaders in this field at a workshop held in Traverse City, Michigan in the summer of 2002. These articles place the state of the art, regarding design principles, candidate materials and systems and current advances in context and should serve as a useful source of insights into this field for both beginning students and practitioners alike.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Overview of Bismuth Nanowires for Thermoelectric Applications....Pages 1-17
The Synthetic Search for Better Thermoelectrics....Pages 19-34
New Bulk Materials for Thermoelectric Applications: Synthetic Strategies Based On Phase Homologies....Pages 35-54
Boron Carbides: Unconventional High-Temperature Thermoelectrics....Pages 55-70
Block-Layer Concept for the Layered Cobalt Oxide: A Design for Thermoelectric Oxides....Pages 71-87
Thermoelectric Properties of Early Transition Metal Antimonides....Pages 89-106
Clathrate Thermoelectrics....Pages 107-120
Structure-Property Relations in Skutterudites....Pages 121-146
Phonon Heat Conduction in Superlattices....Pages 147-167
Thermal Conduction in CoSb3-based Skutterudites....Pages 169-184
Thermoelectric Transport in Bismuth Nanowires: Experimental Results....Pages 185-201
Pressure Tuning of Thermoelectric Materials....Pages 203-218
Thermoelectrics with Thermionic Boundary Conditions....Pages 219-226
Electronic Structure of Complex Bismuth Chalcogenide Systems....Pages 227-247
Toward a First-Principles Determination of Transport Coefficients....Pages 249-257
Can Theory Help in the Search for Better Thermoelectric Materials?....Pages 259-302
Back Matter....Pages 303-317
This volume: Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science of Thermoelectric Materials: Beyond Bismuth Telluride contains a series of topical articles that were presented as invited lectures by prominent leaders in this field at a workshop held in Traverse City, Michigan in the summer of 2002. These articles place the state of the art, regarding design principles, candidate materials and systems and current advances in context and should serve as a useful source of insights into this field for both beginning students and practitioners alike.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Overview of Bismuth Nanowires for Thermoelectric Applications....Pages 1-17
The Synthetic Search for Better Thermoelectrics....Pages 19-34
New Bulk Materials for Thermoelectric Applications: Synthetic Strategies Based On Phase Homologies....Pages 35-54
Boron Carbides: Unconventional High-Temperature Thermoelectrics....Pages 55-70
Block-Layer Concept for the Layered Cobalt Oxide: A Design for Thermoelectric Oxides....Pages 71-87
Thermoelectric Properties of Early Transition Metal Antimonides....Pages 89-106
Clathrate Thermoelectrics....Pages 107-120
Structure-Property Relations in Skutterudites....Pages 121-146
Phonon Heat Conduction in Superlattices....Pages 147-167
Thermal Conduction in CoSb3-based Skutterudites....Pages 169-184
Thermoelectric Transport in Bismuth Nanowires: Experimental Results....Pages 185-201
Pressure Tuning of Thermoelectric Materials....Pages 203-218
Thermoelectrics with Thermionic Boundary Conditions....Pages 219-226
Electronic Structure of Complex Bismuth Chalcogenide Systems....Pages 227-247
Toward a First-Principles Determination of Transport Coefficients....Pages 249-257
Can Theory Help in the Search for Better Thermoelectric Materials?....Pages 259-302
Back Matter....Pages 303-317
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