Chemistry, physics, and materials science of thermoelectric materials

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This series of books, published annually, tackles fundamental issues in materials science, spanning topics from small atomic clusters to engineering materials. It integrates chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering, focusing on basic science rather than applications. Each volume concentrates on a specific area of interest, featuring contributions from leading experts who provide current insights into their research and that of others, with ample references for further exploration. The Center for Fundamental Materials Research at Michigan State University supports this series. This volume records invited lectures from the New Thermoelectric (TE) Materials Workshop held in Traverse City, Michigan, from August 17-21, 2002. The workshop's theme was the Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Science of Thermoelectric Materials: Beyond Bismuth Telluride. The symposium aimed to evaluate solid-state chemistry's potential for developing next-generation TE materials, rationalize charge and heat transport properties through theory and experiment, and prioritize necessary research to meet various performance requirements. The workshop featured twenty-two invited and eight poster presentations, with sixteen invited talks included in this volume. Topics range from the synthesis and characterization of novel materials to detailed studies of their transport properties and electronic structures, covering materials such as bismuth nan