Overview
- This book stresses new and novel materials research for improved thermoelectrical materials and devices
- It is an up-to-date volume encompassing the work accomplished in this field within the last 10 years
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 45)
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About this book
The field of thermoelectrics has grown dramatically in recent years. In particular new and novel materials research has been undertaken and device applications have increased. In spite of this resurgence of interest there are very few books available that outline the basic concepts in this field. Thus it is necessary that a book be written that encompasses the basic theory and introduces some of the resent research into improved materials for solid-state cooling and power generation. Therefore the aim of this book is threefold. First, to present the basic theory of thermoelectricity. Both theoretical concepts and experimental aspects of the field of solid-state cooling and power generation are discussed. Second, to bridge the gap between theory and application. To this end, the techniques for producing good thermoelectric materials and module design issues are reviewed. Third, to present some of the research into new and novel materials that has drawn the attention of the scientific community. The book is intended as a reference to experimentalists working in the field; however, it will also prove useful to scientists corning into the field from other areas of research. It can also serve as a useful text for graduate students.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
From the reviews of the first edition:
"Beginning around 1990 concerns regarding refrigerant fluids and interest in cooling electronics led to renewed activity in the science and technology of alternative refrigeration. Thermoelectric cooling mechanisms, thermomagnetic effects and thermionic emission including the fundamentals of the implementation of these basic mechanisms comprise the book’s subject. … Therefore the book can serve as a reference to experimentalists … ." (Vladimir Sládek, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 999, 2002)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Thermoelectrics
Book Subtitle: Basic Principles and New Materials Developments
Authors: George S. Nolas, Jeffrey Sharp, H. Julian Goldsmid
Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04569-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41245-8Published: 20 June 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07451-6Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-04569-5Published: 09 March 2013
Series ISSN: 0933-033X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 293
Topics: Materials Science, general, Energy Storage, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Optical and Electronic Materials, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials