Table of Contents:
  • Volume I:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Volume II:
  • Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials,
  • Z. Ren, G. Chen, and M. Dresselhaus
  • Design and Realization of Nanostructured Inorganic Intergrowths,
  • M. Beekman, C. Heideman, M. Anderson, M. Smeller, R. Atkins, Q. Lin, N. Nguyen, and D.C. Johnson
  • Bulk Nanocomposites of Thermoelectric Materials,
  • L. Chen, R. Liu, Z. Xiong, and W. Zhang
  • Layer-Structured Metal Sulphides as Novel Thermoelectric Materials,
  • C.L. Wan, Y.F. Wang, N. Wang, Y.E. Putri, W. Norimatsu, M. Kusunoki, and K. Koumoto
  • Thermoelectric Properties of Quantum Wires within Chrysotile Asbestos Nanotubes,
  • M.V. Vedernikov, Y.V. Ivanov, O.N. Uryupin, and Y.A. Kumzerov
  • Bismuth Telluride Alloys for Waste Energy Harvesting and Cooling Applications,
  • H. Scherrer and S. Scherrer
  • Optimization of Solid Solutions Based on Bismuth and Antimony Chalcogenides above Room Temperature,
  • L. Lukyanova, V.A. Kutasov, P.P. Konstantinov, and V.V. Popov
  • Effect of Vacancy Distribution on the Thermoelectric Properties of Gallium and Indium Chalcogenides,
  • K. Kurosaki and S. Yamanaka
  • Inverse Clathrates,
  • P. Rogl
  • Recent Advances in the Development of Efficient n-type Skutterudites,
  • C. Uher
  • Silicide Thermoelectrics: State-of-Art and Prospects,
  • M.I. Fedorov and V.K. Zaitsev
  • Thermoelectric Properties of Inter-Metallic Hybridization Gap and Pseudo
  • gap Systems,
  • D. Morelli
  • Novel Power Factor of Si-Ge System,
  • Y. Okamoto and H. Takiguchi
  • Boride Thermoelectrics; High Temperature Thermoelectric Materials,
  • T. Mori
  • Polymer Thermoelectric Materials',
  • Y. Shinohara
  • Thermo-mechanical Properties of Thermoelectric Materials,
  • E.D. Case
  • Thermoelectric Modules, Devices and Applications
  • Miniaturized Thermoelectric Converters, Technologies and Applications,
  • H. Bttner and J. Nurnus
  • Application of Thermoelectrics for Thermal Management of High Power Microelectronics,
  • V. Semenyuk
  • Mille Kelvin Electronic Refrigeration,
  • M.J. Prest, T.E. Whall, E.H.C. Parker, and D.R. Leadley
  • Heat Exchangers
  • , J. Esarte, C. Bolluschek, and J.M. Blanco
  • Thin-film Superlattice Thermoelectric Devices for Energy Harvesting and Thermal Management,
  • R. Venkatasubramanian, J. Pierce, T. Colpitts, G. Bulman, D. Stokes, J. Posthilli, P. Barletta, B. OQuinn, and E. Siivola
  • Thermoelectric Systems and Applications
  • Thermoelectric Energy Recovery Systems: Thermal, Thermoelectric, and Structural Considerations,
  • T.J. Hendricks and D.T. Crane
  • Thermoelectric Harvesting of Low Temperature Heat,
  • D.M. Rowe
  • Solar Thermoelectric Power Conversion,
  • D. Kraemer, K. McEnaney, Gang Chen, and Z. Ren
  • Automotive Application of Thermoelectric Technology,
  • J. Yang
  • Medical Applications of Thermoelectric,
  • A. Chen and P.K.