Thermoelectricity and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials
Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials Series

Coordinators: Kumar Ranjan, Singh Ranber

Language: English

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Thermoelectricity and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials reviews emerging thermoelectric materials, including skutterudites, clathrates, and half-Heusler alloys. In addition, the book discusses a number of oxides and silicides that have promising thermoelectric properties. Because 2D materials with high figures of merit have emerged as promising candidates for thermoelectric applications, this book presents an updated introduction to the field of thermoelectric materials, including recent advances in materials synthesis, device modeling, and design. Finally, the book addresses the theoretical difficulties and methodologies of computing the thermoelectric properties of materials that can be used to understand and predict highly efficient thermoelectric materials. This book is a key reference for materials scientists, physicists, and engineers in energy.

1 Introduction and brief history of thermoelectric materials 1
Anuradha Saini, Rajesh Kumar, and Ranjan Kumar
2 Theory of energy conversion between heat and electricity 
Shivprasad S. Shastri and Sudhir K. Pandey
3 Measurement of thermoelectric properties 
S.K. Tripathi and Sukhdeep Singh
4 Synthesis of thermoelectric materials 
Min Hong, Jin Zou, and Zhi-Gang Chen
5 Design of thermoelectric materials 
Manoj K. Yadav and Biplab Sanyal
6 Strategies for improving efficiency of thermoelectric materials 
Prafulla K. Jha
7 Traditional thermoelectric materials and challenges 
Kulwinder Kaur, Enamullah, Shakeel Ahmad Khanday, Jaspal Singh, and Shobhna Dhiman
8 Beyond 3D-traditional materials thermoelectric materials 
Manish K. Kashyap and Renu Singla
9 Organic semiconductors and polymers 
S.K. Tripathi and Ravneet Kaur
10 Two-dimensional (2D) thermoelectric materials 
Ajay K. Kushwaha, Hemen Kalita, Siddhartha Suman, Aditya Bhardwaj, and Rajesh Ghosh
11 Nanostructured thermoelectric materials 
Khalid Bin Masood, Neha Jain, Pushpendra Kumar, Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, and Jai Singh
12 Advances in the applications of thermoelectric materials
Ranber Singh
Materials Scientists and Engineers
Physicists; Engineers in Energy
Dr. Ranjan Kumar is a Professor in the Department of Physics at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - on leave from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. Dr. Kumar’s field of specialization is theoretical condensed matter physics, and his research interests include: Fullerenes and carbon materials, Heusler alloys for spintronic applications, dilute magnetic semiconductors, electronic and thermoelectric properties of materials, and superconductors.
Dr. Ranber Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, India. Dr. Singh’s research interests include the theoretical study of nanostructured materials and other condensed matter systems.
  • Reviews the most relevant, emerging thermoelectric materials, including 2D materials, skutterudites, clathrates and half-Heusler alloys
  • Focuses on how electronic structure engineering can lead to improved materials performance for thermoelectric energy conversion applications
  • Includes the latest advances in the synthesis, modeling and design of advanced thermoelectric materials