Thermoelectric Materials Research and Device Development for Power Conversion and Refrigeration (Hardcover)

Part I. Bulk Thermoelectrics: 1. High-temperature thermoelectric properties of W-substituted CaMnO3; 2. Electron and phonon transport in n- and p-type skutterudites; 3. Influence of Sn on the structural and thermoelectric properties of the type-I clathrates Ba8Cu5Si6Ge35-xSnx (0 ￡ x ￡ 0.6); 4. Attrition-enhanced nanocomposite synthesis of indium-filled, iron-substituted skutterudite antimonides for improved performance thermoelectrics; 5. Thermoelectric behaviour of p- and n-type Ti-Ni-Sn half Heusler alloy variants and their amorphous equivalents; 6. Erbium boride composites with high ZT values at 800 K; 7. Laser flash analysis determination of the thermal diffusivity of Si/SiGe superlattices; 8. Enhancement in thermoelectric figure-of-merit of n-type Si-Ge alloy synthesized employing high energy ball milling and spark plasma sintering; 9. Thermoelectrical properties of a phase and g phase NaxCo2O4 ceramics prepared by spark plasma sintering method; 10. Fabrication of Mg2Si bulk by spark plasma sintering method with Mg2Si nano-powder; 11. Thermoelectric properties of Li-doped Cu0.95-xM0.05LixO (M=Mn, Ni, Zn); 12. Investigation of the valence band structure of PbSe by optical and transport measurement; 13. Optimizing thermoelectric efficiency of La3-xTe4 with calcium metal substitution; 14. Anisotropy and inhomogeneity measurement of the transport properties of spark plasma sintered thermoelectric materials; 15. Formation and properties of TiSi2 as contact material for high-temperature thermoelectric generators; 16. New n-type silicide thermoelectric material with high oxidation resistance; Part II. Nanocomposites and Nanostructured Materials: 17. Thermoelectric properties of Bi-FeSb2 nanocomposites: evidence for phonon-drag effect; 18. Fabrication of nanostructured bulk cobalt antimonide (CoSb3) based skutterudites via bottom-up synthesis; 19. Influence of addition of alumina nanoparticles on thermoelectric properties of higher manganese silicide; 20. Diameter and temperature dependences of phonon-drag magnetothermopower in bismuth nanowires; 21. Thermoelectric measurements of Ni nanojunctions; 22. Tantalum nitride for copper diffusion blocking on thin film (BiSb)2Te3; Part III. Thermoelectric Properties and Applications: 23. Practical electrical contact resistance measurement method for bulk thermoelectric devices; 24. Investigation of wide bandgap semiconductors for thermoelectric applications; 25. Nano-scale vacuum spaced thermo-tunnel devices for energy harvesting applications; 26. Progress on searching optimal thermal spray parameters for magnesium silicide; 27. Preparation and evaluation of the n-type PbTe based material properties for thermoelectric generators; 28. Power generation performance of p-structure thermoelectric device using NaCo2O4 and Mg2Si elements; 29. Design and implementation of a measurement system for automatic measurement of electrical parameters of thermoelectric generators; 30. Diffusion barriers for CeFe4Sb12/Cu thermoelectric devices; Part IV. Thin-Films: 31. Theoretical and experimental advances in Bi2Te3 / Sb2Te3-based and related superlattice systems; 32. Impact of annealing on the thermoelectric properties of Ge2Sb2Te5 films; 33. Structural and electrical properties of Mg-Si thin films fabricated by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering deposition; 34. Enhanced electrocaloric effect in poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)-based composites.