Maciá Thermoelectric Materials

Advances and Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-981-4463-53-9
Verlag: Pan Stanford Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 364 Seiten

This book first discusses the thermoelectric effects, the transport coefficients and their mutual relations, the efficiency of thermoelectric devices, and ideas related to characterization and industry standards. It then reviews the two basic strategies for optimizing the thermoelectric performance of materials: the control of thermal conductivity and the power factor enhancement. The text introduces various kinds of bulk materials of increasing chemical and structural complexity and describes the role played by the electronic structure in the thermoelectric performance of different materials. It also considers novel materials based on organic semiconductors and conducting polymers as well as recent advances in thermoelectric phenomena at the nanoscale. It covers the transport properties through molecular junctions and analyzes the potential of DNA-based thermoelectric devices. Exercises with solutions can be used as control tests and reflect recent research.

Zielgruppe

Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics and materials engineering; researchers and senior scientists interested in nanoscience; engineers working on renewable green energies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maciá, Enrique

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Technische Thermodynamik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Basic Notions
Fundamental Aspects
The Structural Complexity Approach
The Role of the Electronic Structure
Beyond the Periodic Order
Organic Semiconductors and Polymers

Über Autor(innen)

Enrique Maciá is a professor of condensed matter physics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Dr. Maciá is the author of several monographs and the book Aperiodic Structures in Condensed Matter: Fundamentals and Applications. His research interests include the thermoelectric properties of quasicrystals and DNA-based devices.