Overview
- Up-date account of activity in the field of materials research for thermoelectric devices
- Deals with challenging problems in the field of the physics of materials with strong electron correlation
- Multidisciplinary field of interest to physicists, chemists and engineers with potential for a wide range of applications
Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics (NAPSB)
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About this book
As concerns with the efficient use of energy resources, and the minimization of environmental damage have come to the fore, there has been a renewed interest in the role that thermoelectric devices could play in generating electricity from waste heat, enabling cooling via refrigerators with no moving parts, and many other more specialized applications. The main problem in realizing this ambition is the rather low efficiency of such devices for general applications. This book deals with the proceedings of a workshop addressed that problems by reviewing the latest experimental and theoretical work on suitable materials for device applications and by exploring various strategies that might increase their efficiency.
The proceedings cover a broad range of approaches, from the experimental work of fabricating new compounds through to theoretical work in characterizing and understanding their properties. The effects of strong electron correlation, disorder, the proximity to metal-insulator transitions, the properties of layered composite materials, and the introduction of voids or cages into the structure to reduce the lattice thermal conductivity are all explored as ways of enhancing the efficiency of their use in thermoelectric devices.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Properties and Applications of Thermoelectric Materials
Book Subtitle: The Search for New Materials for Thermoelectric Devices
Editors: Veljko Zlatić, Alex C. Hewson
Series Title: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2892-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2890-7Published: 02 July 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2891-4Published: 02 July 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2892-1Published: 24 June 2009
Series ISSN: 1874-6500
Series E-ISSN: 1874-6535
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 340
Topics: Materials Science, general, Condensed Matter Physics, Inorganic Chemistry, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Metallic Materials