Thermoelectrics

Basic Principles and New Materials Developments

By: G.S. Nolas, J. Sharp, J. Goldsmid

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Hardcover | 20 June 2001

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This book contains an in-depth analysis of thermoelectric theory, an overview of present day thermoelectric materials and devices, and as an updated source of information on the most studied recent thermoelectric materials developments. The main emphasis is on a basic understanding of the concepts and experimental techniques needed to propel researchers towards new and novel classes of thermoelectric materials with enhanced properties. The aim is to assist researchers in the field. The text is an expanded edition of a previous text "Electronic Refrigeration" by one of the authors, Julian Goldsmid. Half of the text is devoted to research that has taken place since the publication of that text. In addition, emphasis is placed on new materials research and developments.

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"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 Sladek, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 999, 2002)

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Historical Development
Introduction	p. 1
Thermoelectric and Thermomagnetic Phenomena	p. 2
Peltier Cooling and the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit	p. 8
Efficiency of Thermoelectric Power Generation	p. 12
Ettingshausen Cooling and the Thermomagnetic Figure of Merit	p. 13
Transport of Heat and Electricity in Solids
Crystalline Solids	p. 15
Heat Conduction by the Lattice	p. 18
Band Theory of Solids	p. 28
Electron Transport in a Zero Magnetic Field	p. 36
Effect of a Magnetic Field	p. 44
Nonparabolic Bands	p. 51
Phonon Drag	p. 55
Selection and Optimization Criteria
Selection Criteria for Thermoelectric Materials	p. 59
Influence of Carrier Concentration on the Properties of Semiconductors	p. 59
Optimization of Electronic Properties	p. 71
Minimizing Thermal Conductivity	p. 76
Anisotropic Thermoelements	p. 84
Thermoelectric Cooling at Very Low Temperatures	p. 87
Measurement and Characterization
Electrical Conductivity	p. 91
Seebeck Coefficient	p. 93
Thermal Conductivity	p. 95
Figure of Merit	p. 99
Thermogalvanomagnetic Effects	p. 105
Review of Established Materials and Devices
Group V₂-VI₃	p. 111
Elements of Group V and Their Alloys	p. 131
Materials for Thermoelectric Generators	p. 146
Production of Materials	p. 151
Design of Modules	p. 163
The Phonon-Glass Electron-Crystal Approach to Thermoelectric Materials Research
Requirements for Good Thermoelectric Materials and the PGEC Approach	p. 177
The Skutterudite Material System	p. 178
Clathrate Compounds	p. 191
Complex Chalcogenide Structures
Introduction	p. 209
New Materials with Potential for Thermoelectric Applications	p. 210
Pentatelluride Compounds	p. 220
TI₂SnTe₅ and TI₂GeTe₅	p. 229
Low-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials
Fine-Grained Si-Ge and Thin-Film Bi	p. 235
Survey of Size Effects	p. 236
Experimental Structures	p. 242
Practical Considerations	p. 251
Summary	p. 254
Thermionic Refrigeration
The Vacuum Diode	p. 255
Solid-State Thermionic Devices	p. 263
References	p. 271
Subject Index	p. 287
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