Advanced thermoelectrics : materials, contacts, devices, and systems - Ren, Zhifeng (editor); Lan, Yucheng (Editor); Zhang, Qinyong (editor) (Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018)
Introduction to thermoelectric materials, contacts, devices, and systems -- Low temperature thermoelectric materials -- Materials for near room temperatures -- IV-VI compounds for medium temperatures -- Thermoelectric Sb-based skutterudites for medium temperatures -- Mgb2(B-IV for medium temperatures -- Cab1(B-xYbxMgb2(BBib2 (Band Cab1(B-xYbxZnb2(BSbb2(B2 related 1-2-2 Zintl phases -- Half Heuslers for high temperatures -- Silicon-germanium alloys -- Other thermoelectric materials -- Engineering of materials -- Simulation of phonons -- Reliable prediction of efficiency and output power, and balance between materials and devices in thermoelectric power generators -- Mechanical properties of thermoelectric materials -- Contact for Bib2(BTeb3(B-based thermoelectric leg -- Contacts for skutterudites -- Contacts for PbTe -- Bismuth telluride modules -- Half-Heusler modules -- Silicide and oxide modules: practical issues in developing Mgb2(BSi with good stability for generating power from waste heat sources -- Solar thermoelectric power generators.s
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Thermoelectric material; Nanostructured material