Thermoelectrics is becoming more and more important for technical applications such as refrigeration. The book will become the standard one in this field. It appeals to engineers, researchers and advanced students.

This book stresses new and novel materials research for improved thermoelectrical materials and devices It is an up-to-date volume encompassing the work accomplished in this field within the last 10 years Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
1 Historical Development.- 2 Transport of Heat and Electricity in Solids.- 3 Selection and Optimization Criteria.- 4 Measurement and Characterization.- 5 Review of Established Materials and Devices.- 6 The PhononGlass Electron-Crystal Approach to Thermoelectric Materials Research.- 7 Complex Chalcogenide Structures.- 8 Low-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials.- 9 Thermionic Refrigeration.- References.