Description
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.- Introduces basic principles of thermoelectricity, thermoelectric materials, and performance enhancement strategies to improve thermoelectric properties- Discusses the advances in metal oxides for thermoelectrics including structural engineering to improve their performance- Reviews potential applications of metal-oxide thermoelectrics in energy conversion, harvesting, generation, refrigeration and cooling, and sensing
Table of Contents
Part 1: Introduction in thermoelectricity1. Physical principles of thermoelectricity2. Thermoelectric materials3. Power Factor Enhancement4. Low-dimensional thermoelectricity5. Nanostructuring effects on thermoelectric properties6. Metal oxides for thermoelectric power generationPart 2: Metal oxides-based thermoelectric materials7. Transition metal oxides and their thermoelectric properties8. Thermoelectric Oxides Based on Spinel Structure9. Perovskite oxide materials for thermoelectric applications10. Nonstoichiometric cobalt-based metal oxides 11. High performance thermoelectric metal oxide nano-composites12. BiCuSeO oxychalcogenide thermoelectric material for energy conversionPart 3: Structural engineering of thermoelectric metal oxides13. Structure based thermoelectric properties of metal oxides14. Nano-structured metal-oxide thermoelectric materials15. Novel fabrication methods of metal oxides to improve the thermoelectric properties16. Metal oxide-based thin film thermoelectric materialsPart 4. Application of metal-oxide thermoelectric materials17. Metal-oxide thermoelectric modules18. Energy harvesting from the heat19. Cooling and refrigeration20. Photovoltaic-solar thermoelectric generation21. Sensors
