LEADER 04677oam 2200625I 450 001 9910452088303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-429-08825-6 010 $a1-4665-6030-4 024 7 $a10.1201/b11892 035 $a(CKB)2550000000101370 035 $a(EBL)919043 035 $a(OCoLC)794328350 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000678403 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11404883 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678403 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10727712 035 $a(PQKB)11008959 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC919043 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL919043 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10562546 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL544800 035 $a(OCoLC)808961782 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000101370 100 $a20180331d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aThermoelectrics and its energy harvesting /$fedited by D.M. Rowe 210 1$aBoca Raton, Fla. :$cCRC Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (567 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4398-7472-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Contents; Preface; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1 - Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials; Chapter 3 - Bulk Nanocomposites of Thermoelectric Materials; Chapter 4 - Layer-Structured Metal Sulfides as Novel Thermoelectric Materials; Chapter 5 - Thermoelectric Properties of Quantum Wires within Chrysotile Asbestos Nanotubes; Chapter 6 - Bismuth Telluride Alloys for Waste Energy Harvesting and Cooling Applications; Chapter 7 - Optimization of Solid Solutions Based on Bismuth and Antimony Chalcogenides above Room Temperature 327 $aChapter 8 - Effect of Vacancy Distribution on the Thermoelectric Properties of Gallium and Indium ChalcogenidesChapter 9 - Thermoelectric Inverse Clathrates; Chapter 10 - Recent Advances in the Development of Efficient N-Type Skutterudites; Chapter 11 - Silicide Thermoelectrics: State of the Art and Prospects; Chapter 12 - Thermoelectric Properties of Intermetallic Hybridization Gap and Pseudo-Gap Systems: Fe2VAl and CoSi; Chapter 14 - Boride Thermoelectrics: High-Temperature Thermoelectric Materials; Chapter 15 - Polymer Thermoelectric Materials 327 $aChapter 16 - Thermomechanical Properties of Thermoelectric MaterialsChapter 17 - Miniaturized Thermoelectric Converters, Technologies, and Applications; Chapter 19 - Millikelvin Tunnelling Refrigerators; Chapter 20 - Heat Dissipaters; Chapter 21 - Thin-Film Superlattice Thermoelectric Devices for Energy Harvesting and Thermal Management; Chapter 22 - Thermoelectric Energy Recovery Systems: Thermal, Thermoelectric, and Structural Considerations; Chapter 23 - Thermoelectric Harvesting of Low-Temperature Heat; Chapter 24 - Solar Thermoelectric Power Conversion 327 $aChapter 25 - Automotive Applications of Thermoelectric MaterialsChapter 26 - Medical Applications of Thermoelectrics; Back Cover 330 $aThis book includes updated theoretical considerations which provide an insight into avenues of research most likely to result in further improvements in material performance. It details the latest techniques for the preparation of thermoelectric materials employed in energy harvesting, together with advances in the thermoelectric characterisation of nanoscale material. The book reviews the use of neutron beams to investigate phonons, whose behaviour govern the lattice thermal conductivity and includes a chapter on patents--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $aWith contributions from leading experts, this book begins with an overview of thermoelectric nanotechnology, setting the scene for the topics covered in the rest of the volume. It provides a comprehensive review of the progress made in the development of modules and their application in devices. The book highlights dramatic advances in miniaturization and its successful commercialization in energy harvesting. It then covers thermoelectric energy harvesting and contains reviews of the solar, automotive, and medical harvesting of waste heat--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aThermoelectric apparatus and appliances 606 $aElectrical engineering 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aThermoelectric apparatus and appliances. 615 0$aElectrical engineering. 676 $a620.11296 701 $aRowe$b David Michael$0763011 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452088303321 996 $aThermoelectrics and its energy harvesting$92234970 997 $aUNINA