TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ren, Zhifeng (editor)
AU  - Lan, Yucheng (Editor)
AU  - Zhang, Qinyong (editor)
TI  - Advanced thermoelectrics: materials, contacts, devices, and systems 
T2  - Series in materials science and engineering
SN  - 9781498765725
AV  - TK2950 .A38 2017
U1  - 620.11297 Ad95 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Thermoelectric material
KW  - Nanostructured material
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction to thermoelectric materials, contacts, devices, and systems -- Low temperature thermoelectric materials -- Materials for near room temperatures -- IV-VI compounds for medium temperatures -- Thermoelectric Sb-based skutterudites for medium temperatures -- Mg₂-IV for medium temperatures -- Ca₁-xYbxMg₂Bi₂ and Ca₁-xYbxZn₂Sb₂2 related 1-2-2 Zintl phases -- Half Heuslers for high temperatures -- Silicon-germanium alloys -- Other thermoelectric materials -- Engineering of materials -- Simulation of phonons -- Reliable prediction of efficiency and output power, and balance between materials and devices in thermoelectric power generators -- Mechanical properties of thermoelectric materials -- Contact for Bi₂Te₃-based thermoelectric leg -- Contacts for skutterudites -- Contacts for PbTe -- Bismuth telluride modules -- Half-Heusler modules -- Silicide and oxide modules: practical issues in developing Mg₂Si with good stability for generating power from waste heat sources -- Solar thermoelectric power generators
ER  -