عنوان

Materials aspect of thermoelectricity /

1498754902

9781498754903

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Materials aspect of thermoelectricity /

[Book]

edited by Ctirad Uher, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

xiv, 610 pages :

illustrations (some color) ;

27 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

In recent years, novel families of materials have been discovered and major improvements in the classical thermoelectric materials have been made. Thermoelectric generators are being used to harvest waste industrial heat and convert it into electricity. This is being utilized in communal incinerators (Japan), large smelters, and cement plants. Major car and truck companies are developing thermoelectric power generators to collect heat from the exhaust systems of gasoline and diesel engines. Additionally, thermoelectric coolers are utilized in a variety of picnic boxes, vessels used to transport transplant organs, and in air-conditioned seats of mid-size cars. It is thus appropriate to collect, in a new volume, the major advancements made in the material aspects of thermoelectricity and provide their critical assessment in regards to the broadening of application opportunities for thermoelectric energy conversion. "Materials Aspect of Thermoelectricity" consists of twenty-one chapters written by top researchers in the field. This text focuses on the material aspects of recent developments, as this area is evolving rapidly and could have an immense impact on the entire field of thermoelectricity

Thermoelectricity

Expansion (Heat)

Materials-- Thermal properties

Thermoelectric materials

Thermoelectricity

Uher, Ctirad

20170213045832.0

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