Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ren, Zhifeng
• Lan, Yucheng
• Zhang, Qinyong

Titel

Advanced Thermoelectrics: Materials, Contacts, Devices, and Systems

Auflage

1st edition.

Ort / Verlag

Milton: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This book provides an overview on nanostructured thermoelectric materials and devices, covering fundamental concepts, synthesis techniques, device contacts and stability, and potential applications, especially in waste heat recovery and solar energy conversion. The contents focus on thermoelectric devices made from nanomaterials with high thermoelectric efficiency for use in large scale to generate megawatts electricity. Covers the latest discoveries, methods, technologies in materials, contacts, modules, and systems for thermoelectricity. Addresses practical details of how to improve the efficiency and power output of a generator by optimizing contacts and electrical conductivity. Gives tips on how to realize a realistic and usable device or module with attention to large scale industry synthesis and product development. Prof. Zhifeng Ren is M. D. Anderson Professor in the Department of Physics and the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston. Prof. Yucheng Lan is an associate professor in Morgan State University. Prof. Qinyong Zhang is a professor in the Center for Advanced Materials and Energy at Xihua University of China. Series Preface Preface Editors Contributors Part I Thermoelectric Materials Chapter 1 Introduction to Thermoelectric Materials, Contacts, Devices, and Systems Zhifeng Ren, Yucheng Lan, and Qinyong Zhang Chapter 2 Low-Temperature Thermoelectric Materials Koen Vandaele, Joseph P. Heremans, Yiming Zhou, Li-Dong Zhao, Huaizhou Zhao, Zhifeng Ren, Machhindra Koirala, and Stephen R. Boona Chapter 3 Materials for Near-Room Temperatures Weishu Liu, Yucheng Lan, Jiehe Sui, Zihang Liu, and Zhifeng Ren Chapter 4 IV–VI Compounds for Medium Temperatures Qian Zhang, Yu Xiao, Li-Dong Zhao, Eyob Chere, Zhifeng Ren, Xiao Zhang, Cheng Chang, and E. M. Levin Chapter 5 Thermoelectric Sb-Based Skutterudites for Medium Temperatures Gerda Rogl, Andriy Grytsiv, Ernst Bauer, and Peter Rogl Chapter 6 Mg2BIV for Medium Temperatures Tiejun Zhu, Guanting Yu, Xinbing Zhao, Weishu Liu, Zhifeng Ren, Johannes de Boor, and Udara Saparamadu Chapter 7 Ca1− x Yb x Mg2Bi2 and Ca1− x Yb x Zn2Sb2-Related 1–2–2 Zintl Phases Jing Shuai and Zhifeng Ren Chapter 8 Half-Heuslers for High Temperatures Hao Zhang, Zhensong Ren, Shuo Chen, Zhifeng Ren, Ran He, Yucheng Lan, and Lihong Huang Chapter 9 Silicon–Germanium Alloys Yucheng Lan, Dezhi Wang, and Zhifeng Ren Chapter 10 Other Thermoelectric Materials Pengfei Qiu, Xun Shi, Lidong Chen, Jiehe Sui, Jing Li, Zihang Liu, Zhifeng Ren, Takao Mori, and Jun Mao Chapter 11 Engineering of Materials Mona Zebarjadi, Gang Chen, Zhifeng Ren, Sunmi Shin, Renkun Chen, Joseph P. Heremans, Bartlomiej Wiendlocha, Hyungyu Jin, Bo Wang, and Qinyong Zhang Chapter 12 Simulation of Phonons David Broido, Matt Heine, Natalio Mingo, and Austin J. Minnich Chapter 13 Reliable Prediction of Efficiency and Output Power and Balance between Materials and Devices in Thermoelectric Power Generators Hee Seok Kim, Weishu Liu, and Zhifeng Ren Chapter 14 Mechanical Properties of Thermoelectric Materials Sonika Gahlawat, Kenneth White, Zhifeng Ren, Yasuo Kogo, and Tsutomu Iida Part II Thermoelectric Contacts Chapter 15 Contact for Bi2Te3-Based Thermoelectric Leg Weishu Liu, Yucheng Lan, and Zhifeng Ren Chapter 16 Contacts for Skutterudites Qing Jie and Zhifeng Ren Chapter 17 Contacts for PbTe Cheng-Chieh Li and C. Robert Kao Part III Thermoelectric Modules and Systems Chapter 18 Bismuth Telluride Modules Pham Hoang Ngan, Nini Pryds, and Li Han Chapter 19 Half-Heusler Modules Giri Raj Joshi, Yucheng Lan, and Zhifeng Ren Chapter 20 Silicide Modules: Practical Issues in Developing Mg2Si with Good Stability for Generating Power from Waste Heat Sources Tsutomu Iida, Yasuo Kogo, Atsuo Yasumori, Keishi Nishio, and Naomi Hirayama Chapter 21 Oxide Modules Le Thanh Hung, Ngo Van Nong, and Nini Pryds Chapter 22 Solar Thermoelectric Power Generators Yucheng Lan and Zhifeng Ren Index Prof. Zhifeng Ren, an M. D. Anderson Professor in the Department of Physics and the Texas Center for superconductivity at the University of Houston, has been leading the field of nanostructured thermoelectric materials and devices and other scientific fields. His group published an article in Science in 2008 to establish that ball-milling/hot-pressing method is the way to produce thermoelectric nanocomposites significantly enhanced thermoelectric properties in bismuth-telluride system. The work has pioneered the field of nanostructured thermoelectric materials and has been cited over 1000 times. Following the pioneer work, his lab has successfully enhanced thermoelectric properties in various thermoelectric nanomaterials such as YbAgCu4, PbTe/PbSe, skutterudites, half- Heuslers, SiGe alloys, etc, covering 20 K to 1300 K. These thermoelectric nanomaterials were fabricated into thermoelectric devices to harvest waste heat and convert solar energy (published in the journal Nature Materials in 2011). His group has published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Physical Review Letters, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Small, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Energy & Environmental Science, ACS Nano, Advances in Physics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and so on, and these papers have been cited for over 20,000 times. Various new thermoelectric materials with good thermoelectric properties have been discovered and fabricated in the past a few years, including the most recently discovered MgAgSb-based materials. Prof. Yucheng Lan, an associate professor in Morgan State University and was a research assistant professor in the Department of Physics and the Texas Center for superconductivity at the University of Houston, has worked on microstructures of thermoelectric nanomaterials and devices. He is an author of 90 peer-reviewed papers published in Nature Nanotechnology, Science, Physical Review Letters, Advances in Physics, Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, etc. His work has been cited over 3,000 times with an h-index of 24 (ISI Web of Knowledge). He is co-author of one book (320 pages, Springer, 2012). Prof. Qinyong Zhang, a professor in the Center for Advanced Materials and Energy at Xihua University of China and a researcher of the Key Laboratory of Fluid and Power Machinery of Ministry of Eductation of China, has worked on synthesis of thermoelectric nanomaterials and design of waste heat recovery systems, including the technology of large scale thermoelectric nanomaterials production and module manufacturing. He is an author of 20 peer-reviewed papers published in Nano Letters, Energy & Environmental Science, Nano Energy, Journal of Applied Physics, etc.