Thermoelectric Nanomaterials Materials Design and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Koumoto, Kunihito (Editor), Mori, Takao (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 182
• Subjects: Materials science.; Energy efficiency.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Physics.; Nanotechnology.; Structural materials.; Materials Science.; Structural Materials.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Applied and Technical Physics.; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings).

Presently, there is an intense race throughout the world to develop good enough thermoelectric materials which can be used in wide scale applications. This book focuses comprehensively on very recent up-to-date breakthroughs in thermoelectrics utilizing nanomaterials and methods based in nanoscience...