Novel Trends in Thermoelectricity
A special issue of Physics (ISSN 2624-8174). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2019)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermoelectric materials, synthesis and characterization; novel topological materials, growth and characterization; Synchrotron and Neutron diffraction
Interests: development of new materials for energy applications, such as thermoelectrics, solid oxide fuel cell components, and next-generation battery components; use of “Fast Chemistry” methods of synthesis: microwave-assisted, combustion, high pressure, SPS, etc.; establishment of the relationship between the synthesis, structure, and physical properties of materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Intense research in conventional bulk thermoelectric materials has brought about significant advances. Successful approaches to high ZT have been developed, such the phonon-glass electron-crystal concept, nanostructuration, Zintl chemistry, and band engineering. Simultaneously, high-throughput screening by theoretical predictions can identify many promising materials.
Accordingly, reports on high efficiency have raised expectations for waste heat recovery, co-generation, cooling, and thermal sensors. Also of crucial importance is reducing the errors measurements of thermoelectric transport properties.
Thus, the scope of this Special Issue “New Trends in Thermoelectricity” encompasses original work on new preparation methods of nanostructured thermoelectric materials, detailed structural characterization, thermoelectric transport properties of promising candidates, improvement of the Figure of Merit by novel approaches in well-known materials, potential applications for novel thermoelectric materials and development and refinement of measurement techniques for thermoelectricity.
- Synthesis methods of bulk TE materials
- Structural characterization of TE materials
- Transport characterization techniques of TE
- Band engineering, band convergence, electron energy filtering
- Nanostructuration, meso-scale constituents, grain boundary scattering
- Theory and modelling of 3D TE materials
- TE devices for applications
- TE quantum wells, nanowires and thin films
- TE nanodevices
Prof. Norbert M. Nemes
Dr. Federico Serrano-Sánchez
Dr. Jesús Prado-Gonjal
Guest Editors
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