Thermoelectric Nanomaterials

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Atomic-Scale Materials Design

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Material Design Considerations Based on Thermoelectric Quality Factor

      • Heng Wang, Yanzhong Pei, Aaron D. LaLonde, G. Jeffery Snyder

      Pages 3-32

   3. Nano-Cage Structured Materials: Clathrates

      • Toshiro Takabatake

      Pages 33-49

   4. Layered Cobalt Oxides: Correlated Electrons for Thermoelectrics

      • Ichiro Terasaki

      Pages 51-70

   5. Strongly Correlated Intermetallics: \(\mathbf FeSb _\mathbf{2}\)

      • Martin Søndergaard, Simon Johnsen, Peijie Sun, Ye Sun, Simone Cenedese, Carlo Gatti et al.

      Pages 71-93

   6. The Peierls Distortion and Quasi-One-Dimensional Crystalline Materials of Indium Selenides

      • Jong-Soo Rhyee

      Pages 95-122

   7. Topological Insulators

      • Lukas Müchler, Binghai Yan, Frederick Casper, Stanislav Chadov, Claudia Felser

      Pages 123-139

   8. Higher Manganese Silicide, \(\mathbf MnSi _{\varvec{\gamma }}\)

      • Yuzuru Miyazaki, Yuta Kikuchi

      Pages 141-156

   9. Natural Superlattice Material: TiS\(_{2}\)-Based Misfit-Layer Compounds

      • C. L. Wan, Y. F. Wang, Y. E. Putri, K. Koumoto

      Pages 157-173

3. Nanoscale Structure Design

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. Nanostructuring and Porosity in Anisotropic Thermoelectric Materials Prepared by Bottom-Up Processing

      • Anuja Datta, George S. Nolas

      Pages 177-191

   3. Severe Plastic Deformation, A Tool to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance

      • Gerda Rogl, Peter Rogl, Ernst Bauer, Michael Zehetbauer

      Pages 193-254

   4. Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials

      • Weishu Liu, Zhifeng Ren, Gang Chen

      Pages 255-285

   5. 3D Superlattice Ceramics of \(\text{ SrTiO }_{3}\)

      • Ruizhi Zhang, Kunihito Koumoto

      Pages 287-301

   6. Nanostructuring of Conventional Thermoelectric Materials

      • Kyu Hyoung Lee, Sang Il Kim, Kyunghan Ahn, Sang Mock Lee, Sung Wng Kim

      Pages 303-320

4. Applications of Thermoelectrics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 321-321

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   2. A Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics Approach to Optimization of Thermoelectric Devices

      • Henni Ouerdane, Christophe Goupil, Yann Apertet, Aurélie Michot, Adel Abbout

      Pages 323-351

   3. Naturally Nanostructured Thermoelectric Oxides

      • Ryoji Funahashi, Atsuko Kosuga

      Pages 353-363

   4. Solar TE Converter Applications

      • Anke Weidenkaff, Matthias Trottmann, Petr Tomeš, Clemens Suter, Aldo Steinfeld, Angelika Veziridis

      Pages 365-382

Presently, there is an intense race throughout the world to develop good enough thermoelectric materials which can be used in wide scale applications. This book focuses comprehensively on very recent up-to-date breakthroughs in thermoelectrics utilizing nanomaterials and methods based in nanoscience. Importantly, it provides the readers with methodology and concepts utilizing atomic scale and nanoscale materials design (such as superlattice structuring, atomic network structuring and properties control, electron correlation design, low dimensionality, nanostructuring, etc.). Furthermore, also indicates the applications of thermoelectrics expected for the large emerging energy market. This book has a wide appeal and application value for anyone being interested in state-of-the-art thermoelectrics and/or actual viable applications in nanotechnology.

• application of thermoelectric materials
• atomic scale material design
• materials design at atomic level
• nanoscale material design
• nanostructured materials
• novel compounds for thermoelectrics
• thermoelectric materials
• waste heat recovery system

• Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

  Kunihito Koumoto

• National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan

  Takao Mori

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