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Thus far the top-performing thermoelectric materials have included toxic elements or materials that are not abundant or expensive and difficult to produce. Consequently metal oxide materials are now being investigated as potential thermoelectric materials.
Metal oxide-based thermoelectric materials reviews the characteristics of metal oxide materials in comparison to other materials utilized for thermoelectric applications. In particular, there is discussion of the intrinsic advantages of metal oxide materials such as their chemical and thermal stability, environmental friendliness, cheap raw material costs, and chemical flexibility. In addition, the book includes information on their high-temperature stability, adjustable electronic and phonon transport behavior, and well-established simple production processes. Strategies to enhance the thermoelectric properties of metal oxide materials are emphasized in the book. Finally, emerging applications of metal oxide-based thermoelectrics are touched on with an overview of the remaining challenges and opportunities towards commercial translation.
Metal oxide-based thermoelectric materials is a suitable reference book for researchers and scientists in academia and R&D in the subject areas of materials science and engineering and energy
List of contents
Part 1: Introduction in thermoelectricity 1. Physical principles of thermoelectricity 2. Thermoelectric materials 3. Power Factor Enhancement 4. Low-dimensional thermoelectricity 5. Nanostructuring effects on thermoelectric properties 6. Metal oxides for thermoelectric power generation
Part 2: Metal oxides-based thermoelectric materials 7. Transition metal oxides and their thermoelectric properties 8. Thermoelectric Oxides Based on Spinel Structure 9. Perovskite oxide materials for thermoelectric applications 10. Nonstoichiometric cobalt-based metal oxides 11. High performance thermoelectric metal oxide nano-composites 12. BiCuSeO oxychalcogenide thermoelectric material for energy conversion
Part 3: Structural engineering of thermoelectric metal oxides 13. Structure based thermoelectric properties of metal oxides 14. Nano-structured metal-oxide thermoelectric materials 15. Novel fabrication methods of metal oxides to improve the thermoelectric properties 16. Metal oxide-based thin film thermoelectric materials
Part 4. Application of metal-oxide thermoelectric materials 17. Metal-oxide thermoelectric modules 18. Energy harvesting from the heat 19. Cooling and refrigeration 20. Photovoltaic-solar thermoelectric generation 21. Sensors
