editado por D. M. Rowe. -- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012.

xvi; 26 cm.

ISBN 978-1-4398-7472-1.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Contenido: Themoelectric materials and properties -- Nanostructured thermoelectric materials -- Design and realization of nanostructured inorganic intergrowths -- Bulk nanocomposites of thermoelectric materials -- Themoelectric properties of quantum wires within chrysotile asbestos nanotubes -- Bismuth telluride alloys for waste energy harvesting and cooling applications -- Optimization of solid solutions based on bismuth and antimony chalcogenides above room temperature -- Effect of vacancy distribution on the themoelectric properties of gallium and indium chalconides -- Thermoelectric inverse clathrates -- Recent advances in the development of efficient N-type skutterudites -- Silicide thermoelectrics: state of the art and prospects -- Thermoelectric properties of intermetallic hybridization gap and pseudo-gap systems: Fe2 VA1 and CoSi -- Novel power factor of Si-Ge system -- Boride thermoelectrics: high-temperature thermoelectric materials -- Polymer thermoelectric materials -- Thermomechanical properties of thermoelectric materials -- Thermoelectric modules, devices, and applications -- Miniaturized thermoelectric converters, technologies, and applications -- Application of thermoelectrics for thermal management of high-power microelectronics -- Millikelvin tunnelling refrigerators -- Heat dissipaters -- Thin-film superlattice thermoelectric devices for energy harvesting and thermal management -- Thermoelectric systems and applications -- Thermoelectric energy recovery systems: thermal, thermoelectric, and structural considerations -- Thermoelectric harvesting of low-temperature heat -- Solar thermoelectric power conversion -- Automotive applications of thermoelectric materials -- Medical applications of thermoelectrics.