Hybrid and Fully Thermoelectric Solar Harvesting

• Main Authors: Narducci, Dario (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bermel, Peter (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Lorenzi, Bruno (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Wang, Ning (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Yazawa, Kazuaki (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 268
• Subjects: Renewable energy resources.; Materials science.; Force and energy.; Energy systems.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Materials.; Energy Systems.

This book provides a comprehensive overview on fully thermal and hybrid solar generators based on thermoelectric devices. The book fills a gap in the literature on solar conversion and thermoelectrics, because despite the growing number of papers dealing with the use of thermoelectrics in solar powe...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• A primer on thermoelectric generators
• Solar thermoelectric generators
• A Primer on Photovoltaic Generators
• Hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric generators: Theory of Operation
• Hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric generators: Materials Issues
• Photovoltaic-thermoelectric-thermodynamic co-generation
• Technological Challenges, Economic Issues, and Perspectives
• Index.