Advanced Thermoelectric Materials

Chong Rae Park obtained his PhD at the University of Leeds in 1990 and currently works in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea. His research interests focus on the carbonaceous materials and their related composite materials, including carbon fibers, graphene, carbon nanotubes, porous carbons, super-lightweight composites, etc., which are mainly for solving the immediate energy and environmental issues. He is credited with more than a 180 SCI papers and 30 patents. Along with his academic and research activities, he has also served for both domestic and international academic communities, such as the Chair for the Korean Carbon Society and the Asian Association of Carbon Groups.

• Preface xiii 1 Charge Transfer in Thermoelectric Nanocomposites: Power Factor Enhancements and Model Systems 1Matt Beekman, Sage R. Bauers, Danielle M. Hamann and David C. Johnson2 Self-Assembled Nanostructured Bulk Si as High-Performance TE Materials 35Jun Xie, Yuji Ohishi and Ken Kurosaki3 Thermoelectric Seebeck Effect of Disordered Organic Semiconductors 79Nianduan Lu, Ling Li and Ming Liu4 Innovative Approaches Towards the Synthesis of Thermoelectric Oxides 113Alessandro Soffientini, Paolo Ghigna, Giorgio Spinolo and Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini5 Silicide Thermoelectrics 165Alexander T. Burkov and Yuri V. Ivanov6 Recent Advances on Mg2 XIV Based Thermoelectric Materials: A Theoretical Approach 229Ovgu Ceyda Yelgel7 Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Thermoelectric Detection of Infrared and Terahertz Photons 267Jin Wang, Lin Wang, Changlong Liu, Weiwei Tang, Wanlong Guo, Cheng Guo and Xiaoshuang Chen8 Advanced Thin Film Photo-Thermal Materials and Applications 317Shao-Wei Wang, Feiliang Chen and Wei Lu9 Percolation Effects in Semiconductor IV-VI – Based Solid Solutions and Thermoelectric Materials Science 383Elena Rogacheva and Olga Nashchekina10 Thermoelectric Properties of Granular Carbon Materials 437A. Ya Karvatskii, G. M. Vasilchenko, E. M. Panov, S. V. Leleka, T. V. Lazariev, A. Yu Pedchenko and T. V. Chirka11 Thermoelectric Properties and Thermal Stability of Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites: A Review 469Mariano Romero, Dominique Mombrú, Ricardo Faccio and Alvaro W. Mombrú12 Disorder in Metamaterials 495Tatjana Gric and Ortwin HessReferences 537Index 545