Materials, Preparation, and Characterization in Thermoelectrics

GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS Transverse Thermoelectric Effects and Their Application H. J. Goldsmid Thermoelectric Induction in Power Generation: Prospects and Proposals L. I. Anatychuk Thermoelectric Devices as Heat Engines: Alternative Thermodynamic Cycles L. E. Bell Functionally Graded Thermoelectric Generator and Cooler Elements E. Muller, K. Zabrocki, C. Goupil, G. Jeffrey Snyder, and W. Seifert Thermodynamics and Phase Transformations in Thermoelectric Materials: Applications to the Development of New Materials Jean-Claude Tedenac First Principles Calculations of Electron Transport Properties in Disordered Thermoelectrics Janusz Tobola and Laurent Chaput New Thermoelectric Materials with Precisely Determined Electronic Structure and Phonon Dispersion Tsunehiro Takeuchi 8 Entropy Flow in Interactive Semiconductor/Metal Nanoensembles Dieter M. Gruen Ab Initio-Based Band Engineering and Rational Design of Thermoelectric Materials Jiong Yang, Xun Shi, Wenqing Zhang, Lidong Chen, and Jihui Yang Band Structure Guidelines for Higher Figure-of-Merit: Analytic Band Generation and Energy Filtering Espen Flage-Larsen and Ole Martin Lovvik Introduction to Modeling Thermoelectric Transport at High Temperatures Andrew F. May and G. Jeffrey Snyder The Effect of Resonant Energy Levels on the Thermoelectric Power and Thermoelectric Power Factor Joseph P. Heremans Graphene-Like Exfoliated Quasi-2D Thermoelectric Crystals Alexander A. Balandin 14 The Bottom-Up Approach to Bulk Thermoelectric Materials with Nanoscale Domains Anuja Datta, Adrian Popescu, Lilia Woods, and George S. Nolas Surface and Interface Effects on Thermoelectric Behavior in Crystalline Nanowires Frederic Sansoz MATERIALS PREPARATION AND MEASUREMENT High-Performance Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials Prepared by Melt Spinning and Spark Plasma Sintering Xinfeng Tang, Wenjie Xie, Han Li, Baoli Du, Qingjie Zhang, Terry M. Tritt, and Ctirad Uher Fabrication Routes for Nanostructured TE Material Architectures Muhammet S. Toprak, Shanghua Li, and Mamoun Muhammed Preparation and Thermoelectric Properties of Iron Disilicide Yukihiro Isoda and Haruhiko Udono The Deposition of Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 Thermoelectric Thin Films by Thermal Coevaporation and Applications in Energy Harvesting L. M. Goncalves Thermoelectric Materials, Measurements, and Opportunities for Energy Harvesting Patrick J. Taylor Thermal and Thermoelectric Characterization of Individual Nanostructures and Thin Films Li Shi Microchips and Methods for the Characterization of Thermoelectric Transport Properties of Nanostructures Friedemann VOlklein, Daniel Huzel, Heiko Reith, and Matthias Schmitt Neutron Scattering Investigations of Thermoelectric Materials Mogens Christensen