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Modern theory of thermoelectricity /
This text describes the theory of thermoelectric effects, both from a practical and a fundamental perspective, and presents many examples of applications of the theory to real materials.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover ; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; Part I Classical theory; 2 Phenomenological description of thermoelectric phenomena; 2.1 The entropy of a steady state; 2.2 Generalized currents and forces; 2.3 Transport equations and their symmetry; 2.4 A complete set of thermoelectric equations; 3 Phenomenological transport equations; 3.1 The charge current density-internal energy current density pair; 3.2 The charge current density-heat current density pair; 3.3 The charge current density-total energy current density pair; 4 Physical interpretation; 4.1 Thermoelectric heats
- 5 Thermomagnetic and galvanomagnetic effects5.1 Transport equations in the presence of a uniform magnetic field; 5.2 Transport of magnetization; 6 Solutions of the transport equations for homogeneous thermoelectrics; 6.1 Homogeneous thermoelectrics with constant material parameters; 6.2 Figure of merit of the material; 6.3 Coefficient of performance; 6.4 Efficiency coefficient; 6.5 Homogeneous thermoelectrics with T-dependent material parameters; 7 Solutions of the transport equations for inhomogeneous thermoelectrics; 7.1 Segmented thermoelectrics
- 7.2 Coefficient of performance, efficiency and figure of merit of a heterostructure with N segments7.3 Constrained-functional approach to device optimization; 8 Onsager's reciprocal relations in irreversible processes; 8.1 Thermodynamic description of fluctuations; 8.2 Statistical description of fluctuations; Part II Quantum theory; 9 Microscopic description of thermoelectric phenomena; 9.1 Slow and rapid perturbation; 9.2 Response to a diffusion force; 9.3 Response to a thermal force; 10 Calculation of the response to an applied field; 10.1 Linear response to an electrical force
- 10.2 Linear response to a thermal force10.3 Equivalence to Kubo formula; 11 Current density operators; 11.1 Charge current density operators for continuous models; 11.2 Energy current density operators for continuous models; 11.3 Discrete models for the description of correlated systems; 11.4 Charge current density operators for discrete models; 11.5 Energy current density operators for discrete models; 12 Jonson-Mahan theorem; Part III Comparison of theory and experiment; 13 Kondo effect in dilute alloys; 13.1 Introduction to the Kondo problem; 13.2 Experiments on dilute Kondo alloys
- 13.3 Single-impurity models13.4 Solution of the Kondo problem by perturbative scaling; 13.5 Comparison of scaling results with experimental data; 14 Rare-earth intermetallics: heavy fermions and valence fluctuators; 14.1 High-temperature experiments; 14.2 Low-temperature experiments; 14.3 Theoretical description of heavy fermions and valence fluctuators at high temperature; 14.4 Theoretical description of heavy fermions and valence fluctuators at low temperature; 14.5 The Fermi liquid approach; 14.6 The Fermi liquid laws and the universal ratios; 15 First-principles approaches