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1 online resource (323 pages). |
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Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Series Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Synthesis and Property Measurements of Thermoelectric Materials -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Synthesis -- 1.2.1 High-temperature Synthesis -- 1.2.2 Mechanochemical Synthesis -- 1.2.3 Single-crystal Growth -- 1.2.4 Solvothermal Synthesis -- 1.2.5 Colloidal Synthesis -- 1.2.6 Precursor Methods -- 1.3 Consolidation -- 1.3.1 Hot Pressing -- 1.3.2 Spark-plasma Sintering -- 1.3.3 Hot Forging -- 1.3.4 Other Consolidation Approaches -- 1.4 Property Measurements -- 1.4.1 Electrical Conductivity and Resistivity |
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1.4.2 Seebeck Coefficient -- 1.4.3 Hall Effect Measurements -- 1.4.4 Thermal Conductivity -- 1.4.5 Direct Measurement of ZT -- 1.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations and Modelling of Inorganic Thermoelectric Materials -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Phenomenology of Thermoelectric Transport -- 2.2.1 Drude-Sommerfeld Model -- 2.2.2 Considerations on the Carrier Concentration -- 2.2.3 Anharmonic Phonon Gas -- 2.2.4 The Thermoelectric Conundrum -- 2.3 Electronic Structure and Electronic Transport -- 2.4 Vibrational Properties and Thermal Transport |
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2.5 Computational Considerations -- 2.6 Theory Versus Experiments -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Nanostructuring Effects in Bulk Thermoelectrics and Their Composites -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials -- 3.1.2 Nanostructured Thermoelectric Bulk Nanocomposites -- 3.1.3 Different Approaches for New Thermoelectric Nanocomposites -- 3.2 Synthetic Strategies for Nanostructured Bulk Thermoelectric Materials -- 3.2.1 Ball Milling and Hot Pressing Methods -- 3.2.2 Wet-chemical and Spark-plasma Sintering Methods |
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3.3 Thermoelectric Properties of Ag2Te-Sb2Te3 Composites -- 3.4 Thermoelectric Properties of Size- and Shape-dependent Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3-Ag2Te Bulk Nanocomposites -- 3.5 Thermoelectric Properties of PbTe-Ag2Te Bulk Composites -- 3.6 Charge-selective Anderson Localisation and Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance in Bi-doped PbTe-Ag2Te Composites -- 3.7 Conclusions -- Conflicts of Interest -- References -- Chapter 4 High-performance Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Based on Lead-free Group IV-VI Metal Chalcogenides -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Germanium Chalcogenides |
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4.2.1 Germanium Telluride (GeTe) -- 4.2.2 Germanium Selenide (GeSe) -- 4.3 Tin Chalcogenides -- 4.3.1 Tin Telluride (SnTe) -- 4.3.2 Tin Selenide (SnSe) -- 4.3.3 Tin Diselenide (SnSe2) -- 4.3.4 Tin Sulfide (SnS) -- 4.4 Future Outlook -- Conflicts of Interest -- References -- Chapter 5 Intermetallic Thermoelectrics -- Design and Preparation of Half-Heuslers, Skutterudites and Zintl-type Materials -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Recent Developments in Half-Heusler Thermoelectrics -- 5.2.1 Introduction -- 5.2.2 XNiSn (X=Ti, Zr and Hf) -- 5.2.3 XCoSb (X=Ti, Zr and Hf) and ZrCoBi |
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5.2.4 X'FeSb (X'=V, Nb, Ta). |
| Summary |
Inorganic Thermoelectric Materials reviews the important new families of advanced materials that have emerged and taken the field beyond the long-standing focus on traditional thermoelectric materials. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Thermoelectric materials.
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Thermoelectric materials. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Powell, Anthony V Inorganic Thermoelectric Materials Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry,c2021 9781788017596 |
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1788019601 |
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9781788019606 (electronic book) |
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