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Thermoelectric Nanomaterials

Materials Design and Applications

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Editors:
  1. Kunihito Koumoto

    1. Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

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  2. Takao Mori

    1. National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan

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  • Presents a new concept of thermoelectrics
  • Presents atomic-scale and nanoscale materials design concepts for creating thermoelectric materials
  • Includes a large number of recent breakthroughs which have dramatically enhanced thermoelectric performance
  • Displays the application of thermoelectrics in a large emerging energy market
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 182)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  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 TomeÅ¡, Clemens Suter, Aldo Steinfeld, Angelika Veziridis
      Pages 365-382
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Kunihito Koumoto

  • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan

    Takao Mori

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