Thermoelectrics
Fundamentals, Materials Selection, Properties, and Performance
Authors: Ravindra, N.M., Jariwala, B., Banobre, A., Maske, A.A.
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This book provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals and current state of the art in thermoelectrics. Addressing an audience of materials scientists and engineers, the book covers theory, materials selection, and applications, with a wide variety of case studies reflecting the most up-to-date research approaches from the past decade, from single crystal to polycrystalline form and from bulk to thin films to nano dimensions.
The world is facing major challenges for finding alternate energy sources that can satisfy the increasing demand for energy consumption while preserving the environment. The field of thermoelectrics has long been recognized as a potential and ideal source of clean energy. However, the relatively low conversion efficiency of thermoelectric devices has prevented their utility on a large scale. While addressing the need for thermal management in materials, device components, and systems, thermoelectrics provides a fundamental solution to waste heat recovery and temperature control. This book summarizes the global efforts that have been made to enhance the figure of merit of various thermoelectric materials by choosing appropriate processes and their influence on properties and performance. Because of these advances, today, thermoelectric devices are found in mainstream applications such as automobiles and power generators, as opposed to just a few years ago when they could only be used in niche applications such as in aeronautics, infrared imaging, and space. However, the continued gap between fundamental theoretical results and actual experimental data of figure of merit and performance continues to challenge the commercial applications of thermoelectrics. This book presents both recent achievements and continuing challenges, and represents essential reading for researchers working in this area in universities, industry, and national labs.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-5
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Thermoelectric Parameters and Their Optimization
Pages 7-20
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Thermoelectrics: Physical Mechanisms
Pages 21-47
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Thermoelectric Properties of Silicon-Germanium Alloys
Pages 49-67
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Thermoelectrics: Material Candidates and Structures I – Chalcogenides and Silicon-Germanium Alloys
Pages 69-89
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Thermoelectrics
- Book Subtitle
- Fundamentals, Materials Selection, Properties, and Performance
- Authors
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- N. M. Ravindra
- Bhakti Jariwala
- Asahel Banobre
- Aniket A Maske
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Materials
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-96341-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-96341-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-96339-6
- Series ISSN
- 2192-1091
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 126
- Number of Illustrations
- 11 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour
- Topics
