The physics of thermoelectric energy conversion /

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"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The Seebeck and Peltier effects -- 1.1. Definition of the thermoelectric coefficients -- 1.2. The Kelvin relations -- 1.3. Electrical resistance and thermal conductance2. The thermoelectric figure of merit -- 2.1. Coefficient of performance of thermoelectric heat pumps and refrigerators -- 2.2. The dimensionless figure of merit, ZT -- 2.3. The efficiency of thermoelectric generators -- 2.4. Multi-stage arrangements3. Measuring the thermoelectric properties -- 3.1. Adiabatic and isothermal electrical conductivity -- 3.2. Problems of measuring the thermal conductivity -- 3.3. The Seebeck coefficient -- 3.4. Direct determination of the figure of merit4. Electronic transport in semiconductors -- 4.1. Energy band theory -- 4.2. Mobility and effective mass -- 4.3. Dependence of the transport properties on the Fermi energy -- 4.4. Degenerate and non-degenerate conductors -- 4.5. Optimising the Seebeck coefficient -- 4.6. Bipolar conduction -- 4.7. Band engineering and nanostructure effects5. Heat conduction by the crystal lattice -- 5.1. Phonon conduction in pure crystals -- 5.2. Prediction of the lattice conductivity -- 5.3. Solid solutions -- 5.4. Mass-defect and strain scattering -- 5.5. Grain boundary scattering of phonons -- 5.6. Phonon drag6. Materials for Peltier cooling -- 6.1. Bismuth telluride and its alloys -- 6.2. Bismuth-antimony7. Generator materials -- 7.1. IV-VI compounds and alloys -- 7.2. Silicon and germanium -- 7.3. Phonon-glass electron-crystals -- 7.4. Other thermoelectric materials8. Transverse flow and thermomagnetic effects -- 8.1. Advantages of the transverse thermoelectric effects -- 8.2. Synthetic transverse materials -- 8.3. The thermomagnetic effects9. Thermoelectric refrigerators and generators -- 9.1. Thermoelectric modules -- 9.2. Transient operation -- 9.3. Thermoelectric generators -- 9.4. Future prospects.This book outlines the principles of thermoelectric generation and refrigeration from the discovery of the Seebeck and Peltier effects in the 19th century through the introduction of semiconductor thermoelements in the mid-20th century to the more recent development of nanostructured materials. The conditions for favourable electronic properties are discussed. The methods for selecting materials with a low lattice thermal conductivity are outlined and the ways in which the scattering of phonons can be enhanced are described. The book is aimed at readers without specialised knowledge.Applied higher level physicists, materials scientists and engineers involved with the solid state materials research and design in electronic materials, particularly interested in thermoelectric (cooling and heating) effects.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.H Julian Goldsmid is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Honored Academician of the International Thermoelectric Academy. In 2002 he was awarded the Golden Prize of that organization. In 2012, he received the Outstanding Achievement Award of the International Thermoelectric Society. He also received the Lightfoot Medal of the Institute of Refrigeration in 1959. He was awarded his PhD by the University of London in 1958 and his DSc in 1966. He has been author, or joint author, of about 200 publications.Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 5, 2017).

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