The physics of thermoelectric energy conversion /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldsmid, H. J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2017]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 3.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Thermoelectricity.
Direct energy conversion.
Electronic devices & materials.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / Semiconductors.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 conductance
  • 2. 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 arrangements
  • 3. 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 merit
  • 4. 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 effects
  • 5. 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 drag
  • 6. Materials for Peltier cooling
  • 6.1. Bismuth telluride and its alloys
  • 6.2. Bismuth-antimony
  • 7. Generator materials
  • 7.1. IV-VI compounds and alloys
  • 7.2. Silicon and germanium
  • 7.3. Phonon-glass electron-crystals
  • 7.4. Other thermoelectric materials
  • 8. Transverse flow and thermomagnetic effects
  • 8.1. Advantages of the transverse thermoelectric effects
  • 8.2. Synthetic transverse materials
  • 8.3. The thermomagnetic effects
  • 9. Thermoelectric refrigerators and generators
  • 9.1. Thermoelectric modules
  • 9.2. Transient operation
  • 9.3. Thermoelectric generators
  • 9.4. Future prospects.

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