Oxide Thermoelectric Materials – From Basic Principles to Applications Lin

Oxide Thermoelectric Materialsfrom Basic Principles to Applications\nAuthor(s): Yuan-Hua Lin, Jinle Lan, Cewen Nan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Germany\nImprint: Blackwell Verlag GmbH\nISBN-13: 9783527341979, 978-3527341979\nSynopsis\nThe first book of its kind?providing comprehensive information on oxide thermoelectrics \n This timely book explores the latest research results on the physics and materials science of oxide thermoelectrics at all scales. It covers the theory, design and properties of thermoelectric materials as well as fabrication technologies for devices and their applications.\n\n Written by three distinguished materials scientists, Oxide Thermoelectric Materials reviews: the fundamentals of electron and phonon transport; modeling of thermoelectric modules and their optimization; synthetic processes, structures, and properties of thermoelectric materials such as Bi2Te3- and skutterudite-based materials and Si-Ge alloys. In addition, the book p.