Thermoelectric Bi₂Te₃ nanomaterials / / edited by Oliver Eibl [and three others]

• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.11297
• Soggetto topico: Thermoelectric materials; Bismuth compounds - Electric properties; Tellurium; Nanostructured materials
• Persona (resp. second.): EiblOliver
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Old and New Things in Thermoelectricity; 1.1 Three Thermoelectric Effects; 1.1.1 Seebeck Effect; 1.1.2 Peltier Effect; 1.1.3 Thomson Effect; 1.2 Semiconductors; 1.3 My Entry into Thermoelectricity; 1.4 Peltier Cascades; 1.5 Challenge of Materials Science; References; Part I: Synthesis of Nanowires, Thin Films, and Nanostructured Bulk; Chapter 2 Electrodeposition of Bi2Te3-Based Thin Films and Nanowires; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fundamentals of Bi2Te3-Based Electrodeposition ; 2.3 Electrodeposition of Bi2Te3 Thin Films2.4 Electrodeposition of Thermoelectric Nanowires; 2.4.1 Electrodeposition of Bi2Te3 Nanowires; 2.4.2 Ternary Bi2Te3-Based Nanowires; 2.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Bi2Te3 Nanowires by Electrodeposition in Polymeric Etched Ion Track Membranes: Synthesis and Characterization; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Synthesis of Bi2Te3 NWs with Controlled Size and Crystallography; 3.2.1 Fabrication of Etched Ion-Track Membranes; 3.2.1.1 Swift Heavy-Ion Irradiation; 3.2.1.2 Chemical Etching; 3.2.2 Electrodeposition of Bi2Te3 NWs; 3.2.2.1 Experimental Setup ; 3.2.2.2 Electrodeposition of Bi2Te3 and Choice of the Electrolyte3.2.2.3 Chronoamperometric Current-Time Curves; 3.2.3 Morphological and Crystallographic Characterization of Bi2Te3 NWs; 3.2.3.1 NW Arrays; 3.2.3.2 Morphology of Individual Nanowires as a Function of the Deposition Parameters; 3.2.3.3 Adjusting the Nanowire Dimensions; 3.2.3.4 Investigation of the Nanowire Crystallinity and Composition by TEM; 3.2.3.5 Investigation of the Preferred Crystallographic Orientation of Wire Arrays by X-Ray Diffraction; 3.3 Conclusions; References ; Chapter 4 Fabrication and Comprehensive Structural and Transport Property Characterization of Nanoalloyed Nanostructured V2VI3 Thin Film Materials4.1 Situation/State of the Art before the Start of Our Combined Research Project; 4.2 Motivation for Research on V2VI3 Multilayered Structures; 4.2.1 Binary Thin Films; 4.2.2 Results Obtained for SL Structures; 4.2.3 Results Obtained from a Theoretical Analysis of V2VI3 Binaries and Nanoscale SL Structures; 4.3 Conclusion and Outlook; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5 Structure and Transport Properties of Bi2Te3 Films; 5.1 Introduction ; 5.2 Structural Aspects of the Tetradymite-type Lattice5.3 MBE Film Deposition; 5.4 Structural Characterization of Bi2Te3 Films; 5.5 Transport Properties of Films on Sapphire Substrates; 5.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 6 Bulk-Nanostructured Bi2Te3-Based Materials: Processing, Thermoelectric Properties, and Challenges; 6.1 Success of ZT Enhancement in Nanostructured Bulk Materials; 6.2 Methodology at Fraunhofer IFAM-DD: Previous Research; 6.3 High-Energy Ball Milling Technology, SPS Technology, and Thermoelectric Characterization ; 6.4 Control of Crystallite Size and Mass Density
• Titolo autorizzato: Thermoelectric Bi₂Te₃ nanomaterials
• ISBN: 3-527-67262-1; 3-527-67260-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910140462603321
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