The thermal conductivities of materials are extremely important for many practical
applications, such as in understanding the thermal balance and history of the Earth, energy …

In the beginning of the 21st century, the world is facing the major challenge of finding energy
sources to satisfy the ever-increasing energy consumption while preserving the …

This important book focuses on the synthesis and fabrication of nanostructures and
nanomaterials, but also includes properties and applications of nanostructures and …

The thermoelectric effect allows direct and reversible conversion of thermal energy into
electricity. As a result, thermoelectric generators and coolers can be an essential part of the …

Many of the renewable and sustainable energy technologies employ novel nanomaterials.
For instance, thermal storage and thermoelectric conversion are in constant progress due to …

Physical properties at the nanoscale are novel and different from those in bulk materials.
Over the last few decades, there has been an ever growing interest in the fabrication of …

To elucidate low-dimensional effects on thermoelectric materials, bismuth telluride film and
nanowires array were fabricated by potentiostatically electrodeposition. Both materials are …

Organic and hybrid thermoelectric (OHT) materials have attracted increasing research
interest over the past decade. Thermal conductivity measurement plays a critical role in …

Thermoelectric devices are semiconductor devices which are capable of either generating a
voltage when placed in between a temperature gradient, exploiting the Seebeck effect, or …

Nanowires composed of the thermoelectric material Bi2Te3 were synthesized on highly
oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) electrodes using the electrochemical step edge …