Thermoelectric Materials and Devices for Clean Energy Harvesting: Properties, Fabrication, and Opportunities
About this ebook
Features:
- Exclusively focuses on non-conventional thermoelectric materials.
- Deals with key areas for new generation thermoelectric materials, such as nanostructured materials and non-traditional materials.
- Highlights the right thermoelectric material selection, their design, characterization, and testing.
- Covers additive manufacturing/3D printing for highly customized and efficient thermoelectric devices.
- Includes case studies based on real-world applications.
This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in materials science and clean technologies.
About the author
Ram Krishna is an assistant professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jamshedpur. He has a robust educational background specializing in metallurgical and materials engineering and holds a PhD from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. His research interests include advanced materials processing, multiscale characterization of materials, and the development and characterization of new materials for energy technology applications. His extensive research work and publications have significantly contributed to the field of materials engineering.
A.D. Dhass received his BE, ME, and PhD degrees in electrical and electronics engineering, energy engineering, and solar energy in 2005, 2009, and 2018, respectively, from Anna University, Chennai, India. Since 2020, he has been working as an assistant professor at the Indus Institute of Technology and Engineering (IITE), Indus University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. His areas of research include solar energy, thermoelectric generator materials, heat transfer, and phase change materials.
