Thermoelectricity and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials

Key reference on the basic principles of thermoelectricity, recent advances in thermoelectric materials, and their applications

Ranjan Kumar (Edited by), Ranber Singh (Edited by)

9780128199848, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 9 June 2021

356 pages, 100 illustrations (25 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.6 kg

Thermoelectricity and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials reviews emerging thermoelectric materials, including skutterudites, clathrates, and half-Heusler alloys. In addition, the book discusses a number of oxides and silicides that have promising thermoelectric properties. Because 2D materials with high figures of merit have emerged as promising candidates for thermoelectric applications, this book presents an updated introduction to the field of thermoelectric materials, including recent advances in materials synthesis, device modeling, and design. Finally, the book addresses the theoretical difficulties and methodologies of computing the thermoelectric properties of materials that can be used to understand and predict highly efficient thermoelectric materials. This book is a key reference for materials scientists, physicists, and engineers in energy.

1 Introduction and brief history of thermoelectric materials 1
Anuradha Saini, Rajesh Kumar, and Ranjan Kumar
2 Theory of energy conversion between heat and electricity 
Shivprasad S. Shastri and Sudhir K. Pandey
3 Measurement of thermoelectric properties 
S.K. Tripathi and Sukhdeep Singh
4 Synthesis of thermoelectric materials 
Min Hong, Jin Zou, and Zhi-Gang Chen
5 Design of thermoelectric materials 
Manoj K. Yadav and Biplab Sanyal
6 Strategies for improving efficiency of thermoelectric materials 
Prafulla K. Jha
7 Traditional thermoelectric materials and challenges 
Kulwinder Kaur, Enamullah, Shakeel Ahmad Khanday, Jaspal Singh, and Shobhna Dhiman
8 Beyond 3D-traditional materials thermoelectric materials 
Manish K. Kashyap and Renu Singla
9 Organic semiconductors and polymers 
S.K. Tripathi and Ravneet Kaur
10 Two-dimensional (2D) thermoelectric materials 
Ajay K. Kushwaha, Hemen Kalita, Siddhartha Suman, Aditya Bhardwaj, and Rajesh Ghosh
11 Nanostructured thermoelectric materials 
Khalid Bin Masood, Neha Jain, Pushpendra Kumar, Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, and Jai Singh
12 Advances in the applications of thermoelectric materials
Ranber Singh

Subject Areas: Electronic devices & materials [TJFD], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Materials science [TGM]