Thermoelectric Materials 2000-The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale

by Tritt, Terry M.

• ISBN13: 9781558995345
• ISBN10: 155899534X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Materials Research Society

Summary

Over the past thirty years, alloys based on the Bi2Te3 compounds (refrigeration) and Si1-xGex compounds (power generation) have been extensively studied and optimized for their use as thermoelectric materials. More specifically, applications range from small beverage coolers to power generation for deep-space probes such as those used in the Voyager and Cassini missions. However, despite extensive investigation of these traditional thermoelectric materials, there is still substantial room for improvement and entirely new classes of compounds will have to be investigated. This book, the fourth in a series from MRS, brings together experts in the field not to discuss further optimization of established materials, but instead, to discuss the development of the next generation of materials for small-scale refrigeration and power generation applications. Topics include: skutterudites; superlattice; new materials; quantum wires and dots; half-Heusler alloys and quasicrystals; TE theory; thermionics; devices, measurements and applications; clathrates and thin films TE.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Materials Research Symposium Proceedings	p. xv
Skutterudites
The Synthesis of Metastable Skutterudites and Crystalline Superlattices	p. 1
How Cerium Filling Fraction Influences Thermal Factors and Magnetism in Ce[subscript y]Fe[subscript 4-x]Ni[subscript x]Sb[subscript 12]	p. 2
Thermoelectric Properties of Some Cobalt Phosphide-Arsenide Compounds	p. 4
Superlattice
Epitaxial Growth and Thermoelectric Properties of Bi[subscript 2]Te[subscript 3] Based Low Dimensional Structures	p. 1
Synthesis and Physical Properties of Skutterudite Superlattices	p. 3
Artificially Atomic-Scale Ordered Superlattice Alloys For Thermoelectric Applications	p. 4
Thermoelectric Properties of PbSr(Se,Te)-Based Low Dimensional Structures	p. 5
New Materials I
Thermoelectric Figure of Merit, ZT, of Single Crystal Pentatellurides (MTe[subscript 5-x] Se[subscript x] : M = Hf, Zr and x = 0, 0.25)	p. 1
Thermoelectric Properties of Selenide Spinels	p. 3
Thermoelectric Properties of Tl[subscript 9]BiTe[subscript 6]/Tl[subscript 9]BiSe[subscript 6] Solid Solutions	p. 4
Investigations of Solid Solutions of CsBi[subscript 4]Te[subscript 6]	p. 5
Quantum Wires and Dots
Carrier Pocket Engineering for the Design of Low Dimensional Thermoelectrics With High Z[subscript 3D]T	p. 3
Half-Heusler Alloys and Quasicrystals
Effects of the Addition of Rhenium on the Thermoelectric Properties of the AlPdMn Quasicrystalline System	p. 1
Effect of Substitutional Doping on the Thermal Conductivity of Ti-Based Half-Heusler Compounds	p. 2
High Temperature Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Quasicrystalline Al[subscript 70.8]Pd[subscript 20.9]Mn[subscript 8.3]	p. 4
Te Theory
Theoretical Evaluation of the Thermal Conductivity in Framework (Clathrate) Semiconductors	p. 1
Electronic Structure of CsBi[subscript 4]Te[subscript 6]	p. 2
Where Should We Look for High ZT Materials: Suggestions From Theory	p. 3
Enhancement of Power Factor in a Thermoelectric Composite With a Periodic Microstructure	p. 5
New Materials II
Connections Between Crystallographic Data and New Thermoelectric Compounds	p. 1
Investigation of the Thermal Conductivity of the Pentatellurides (Hf[subscript 1-X]Zr[subscript X]Te[subscript 5]) Using the Parallel Thermal Conductance Technique	p. 3
Compositional and Structural Modifications in Ternary Bismuth Chalcogenides and Their Thermoelectric Properties	p. 4
Doping Studies of n-Type CsBi[subscript 4]Te[subscript 6] Thermoelectric Materials	p. 5
Exploring Complex Chalcogenides for Thermoelectric Applications	p. 6
Poster Session
Semiconductors With Tetrahedral Anions as Potential Thermoelectric Materials	p. 2
Lattice Dynamics Study of Anisotropic Heat Conduction in Superlattices	p. 3
Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of New Quaternary Tin and Lead Bismuth Selenides, K[subscript 1+x]M[subscript 4-2x]Bi[subscript 7+x]Se[subscript 15] (M = Sn, Pb) and K[subscript 1-x]Sn[subscript 5-x]Bi[subscript 11+x]Se[subscript 22]	p. 4
Processing, Characterization, and Measurement of the Seebeck Coefficient of Bismuth Microwire Array Composites	p. 5
Characterization of New Materials in a Four-Sample Thermoelectric Measurement System	p. 6
Crystal Growth of Ternary and Quaternary Alkali Metal Bismuth Chalcogenides Using Bridgman Technique	p. 8
Thermoelectric Properties of Doped Iron Disilicide	p. 10
Transport Properties of the Doped Thermoelectric Material K[subscript 2]Bi[subscript 8-x]Sb[subscript x]Se[subscript 13]
Structural Properties of Strain Symmetrized Silicon/Germanium (111) Superlattices	p. 13
Electric and Thermoelectric Properties of Quantum Wires Based on Bismuth Semimetal and Its Alloys	p. 16
High-Z Lanthanum-Cerium Hexaborate Thin Films for Low-Temperature Applications	p. 21
Thermionics
Thermal Conductivity of Bi/Sb Superlattice	p. 1
Upper Limitation to the Performance of Single-Barrier Thermionic Emission Cooling	p. 4
Umklapp Scattering and Heat Conductivity of Superlattices	p. 5
Skutterudites II
Partially-Filled Skutterudites: Optimizing the Thermoelectric Properties	p. 1
Bulk Synthesis of Completely and Partially Sn Filled CoSb[subscript 3] Using the Multilayer Repeat Method	p. 2
The Influence of Ni on the Transport Properties of CoSb[subscript 3]	p. 3
Structural Defects in a Partially-Filled Skutterudite	p. 4
Devices, Measurements, and Applications
Optimization of Bismuth Nanowire Arrays by Electrochemical Deposition	p. 1
Evaluation of a Thermoelectric Device Utilizing Porous Medium	p. 2
Electrochemical Deposition of (Bi,Sb)[subscript 2]Te[subscript 3] for Thermoelectric Microdevices	p. 3
Transient Thermoelectric Cooling of Thin Film Devices	p. 4
P-Type (SiGe) Si Superlattice Cooler	p. 5
Progress in the Development of Segmented Thermoelectric Unicouples at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory	p. 6
Clathrates
Thermal Conductivity of Type-I and -II Clathrate Compounds	p. 1
Framework Stoichiometry and Electrical Conductivity of Si-Ge Based Structure-I Clathrates	p. 2
Ultrasound Studies of Clathrate Thermoelectrics	p. 3
Synthesis and Characterization of Large Single Crystals of Silicon and Germanium Clathrate-II Compounds and a New Tin Compound With Clathrate Layers	p. 5
Thin Films Te
Electrodeposition of Bi[subscript 2]Te[subscript 3] Nanowire Composites	p. 1
Thermopower of Bi Nanowire Array Composites	p. 2
Experimental Investigation of Thin Film InGaAsP Coolers	p. 4
Author Index
Subject Index
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