Modules Systems and Applications in Thermoelectrics

Content: Chapter 1: Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials --
Chapter 2: Design and Realization of Nanostructured Inorganic Intergrowths --
Chapter 3: Bulk Nanocomposites of Thermoelectric Materials --
Chapter 4: Layer-Structured Metal Sulfides as Novel Thermoelectric Materials --
Chapter 5: Thermoelectric Properties of Quantum Wires within Chrysotile Asbestos Nanotubes --
Chapter 6: Bismuth Telluride Alloys for Waste Energy Harvesting and Cooling Applications --
Chapter 7: Optimization of Solid Solutions Based on Bismuth and Antimony Chalcogenides above Room Temperature --
Chapter 8: Effect of Vacancy Distribution on the Thermoelectric Properties of Gallium and Indium Chalcogenides --
Chapter 9: Thermoelectric Inverse Clathrates --
Chapter 10: Recent Advances in the Development of Efficient N-Type Skutterudites --
Chapter 11: Silicide Thermoelectrics: State of the Art and Prospects --
Chapter 12: Thermoelectric Properties of Intermetallic Hybridization Gap and Pseudo-Gap Systems: Fe₂VAl and CoSi --
Chapter 13: Novel Power Factor of Si--Ge System --
Chapter 14: Boride Thermoelectrics: High-Temperature Thermoelectric Materials --
Chapter 15: Polymer Thermoelectric Materials --
Chapter 16: Thermomechanical Properties of Thermoelectric Materials --
Chapter 17: Miniaturized Thermoelectric Converters, Technologies, and Applications --
Chapter 18: Application of Thermoelectrics for Thermal Management of High-Power Microelectronics --
Chapter 19: Millikelvin Tunnelling Refrigerators --
Chapter 20: Heat Dissipaters --
Chapter 21: Thin-Film Superlattice Thermoelectric Devices for Energy Harvesting and Thermal Management --
Chapter 22: Thermoelectric Energy Recovery Systems: Thermal, Thermoelectric, and Structural Considerations --
Chapter 23: Thermoelectric Harvesting of Low-Temperature Heat --
Chapter 24: Solar Thermoelectric Power Conversion --
Chapter 25: Automotive Applications of Thermoelectric MaterialsChapter 26: Medical Applications of Thermoelectrics.