Thermoelectricity and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128199849 ISBN 13: 9780128199848

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

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.

• Reviews the most relevant, emerging thermoelectric materials, including 2D materials, skutterudites, clathrates and half-Heusler alloys
• Focuses on how electronic structure engineering can lead to improved materials performance for thermoelectric energy conversion applications
• Includes the latest advances in the synthesis, modeling and design of advanced thermoelectric materials

About this title

About the Authors

Dr. Ranjan Kumar is a Professor in the Department of Physics at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - on leave from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. Dr. Kumar’s field of specialization is theoretical condensed matter physics, and his research interests include: Fullerenes and carbon materials, Heusler alloys for spintronic applications, dilute magnetic semiconductors, electronic and thermoelectric properties of materials, and superconductors.

Dr. Ranber Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, India. Dr. Singh’s research interests include the theoretical study of nanostructured materials and other condensed matter systems.

From the Back Cover

The quest for the high-performance thermoelectric materials for heat conversion into electrical energy have led to the synthesis of new thermoelectric materials. Efficient thermoelectric materials must have low thermal conductivity, high electrical conductivity and high Seebeck coefficient. Over the last couple of decades, significant progress has been made in the development of new highly efficient thermoelectric materials.

Thermoelectricity and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials reviews these emerging materials including skutterudites, clathrates, and half-Heusler alloys. The book also discusses the number of oxides and silicides that have promising thermoelectric properties. Recently 2D materials with high figures of merit have emerged as promising candidates for thermoelectric applications so this is touched on in the book.

Thermoelectricity and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials presents an updated introduction to the field of thermoelectric materials and discusses the recent advances in the materials synthesis, device modelling, and design. There is a substantial focus on the role of electronic structure in thermal and transport properties of materials, the strategies and methodologies for optimizing the thermoelectric performance of materials by electronic structure engineering, controlling electronic and thermal conductivities. The book also addresses the theoretical difficulties and methodologies of computing the thermoelectric properties of materials which can be used to understand and predict high efficient thermoelectric materials.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128199849
• ISBN 13: 9780128199848
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Kumar Ranjan, Singh Ranber