| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 310 pages) |
| Contents |
Part I: Trends in Flexible and Thin Film Thermoelectric Power Generation Technologies -- Achievements and Prospects of Thermoelectric and Hybrid Energy Harvesters for Wearable Electronic Applications -- Novel Materials and Device Design for Wearable Energy Harvesters -- Solution-Processed Metal Chalcogenide Thermoelectric Thin Films -- Recent Advances in Functional Thermoelectric Materials for Printed Electronics -- Novel Organic Polymer Composite-Based Thermoelectrics -- Synergistic Strategies to Boost Lead Telluride as Prospective Thermoelectrics -- Fabrication of High-Performance Flexible Thermoelectric Generators by Using Semiconductor Packaging Technologies -- Part II. Prospects and Application Features of Wearable TEGs -- The Nature of Heat Exchange of Human Body with the Environment and Prospects of Wearable TEGs -- Heatsinks and Airflow Configurations for Wearable Thermoelectric Generators -- Part III. Modeling of Thermoelectric Materials Properties -- Modeling of Organic Thermoelectric Material Properties -- High Thermoelectric Properties in Quasi-One-Dimensional Organic Crystals -- Numerical Understanding of Thermal Properties of Dusty Plasmas |
| Summary |
This book presents and facilitates new research and development results with hot topics in the thermoelectric generators (TEGs) field. Topics include: novel thin film; multilayer, composite and nanostructured thermoelectric materials; simulation of phenomena related to thermoelectricity; thermoelectric thin film and multilayer materials manufacturing technologies; measurement techniques for characterization; thermoelectric generators; and the simulation, modeling, design, thermal, and mechanical degradation problems. This book helps researchers tackle the challenges that still remain in creating cheap and effective TEGs and presents the latest trends and technologies in development and production of advanced thermoelectric generation devices. Provides a concentration of new research and development in the field of thermoelectric energy generation; Facilitates the interchange of new ideas and results to react effectively to the challenges of thermoelectric generators; Explains both the advancements and challenges in TEGs |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 12, 2021) |
| In |
Springer Nature eBook |
| Subject |
Thermoelectric generators.
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Thin films.
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thermoelectric generators.
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Thermoelectric generators
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Thin films
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Skipidarov, Sergey, editor
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Nikitin, Mikhail, editor
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| ISBN |
9783030458621 |
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3030458628 |
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