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Thermoelectrics: Design and Materials HoSung Lee, Western Michigan University, USA A comprehensive guide to the basic principles of thermoelectrics Thermoelectrics plays an important role in energy conversion and electronic temperature control. The book comprehensively covers the basic physical prin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, HoSung
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester : Wiley, [2016]
Subjects:
Thermoelectric apparatus and appliances > Design and construction.
Thermoelectric materials.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical
Electronic books.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Table of Contents:
  • Thermoelectric generators
  • Thermoelectric coolers
  • Optimal design
  • Thomson Effect, exact solution, and compatibility factor
  • Thermal and electrical contact resistances for micro and macro devices
  • Modeling of thermoelectric generators and coolers with heat sinks
  • Applications
  • Crystal structure
  • Physics of electrons
  • Density of states, Fermi energy, and energy bands
  • Thermoelectric transport properties for electrons
  • Phonons
  • Low-dimensional nanostructures
  • Generic model of bulk silicon and nanowires
  • Theoretical model of thermoelectric transport Properties
  • Appendix A: Physical properties
  • Appendix B: Optimal dimensionless parameters for TEGs with Z2 = 1
  • Appendix C: ANSYS TEG Tutorial
  • Appendix D: Periodic table
  • Appendix E: Thermoelectric properties
  • Appendix F: Fermi integral
  • Appendix G: Hall factor
  • Appendix H: Conversion factors.

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