Thermal to electrical energy conversion, through thermoelectric and thermionic materials,
has been proposed to be much more efficient in lower dimensional materials at the …

Quantum cascade lasers are unipolar semiconductor lasers covering a wide range of the
infrared and terahertz spectrum. Lasing action is achieved by using optical intersubband …

Waste thermal energy (heat) is the second type of energy to be discussed. Usually, it is
generated in a process by way of fuel combustion or chemical reaction, and then “dumped” …

Thermoelectric devices have gained importance in recent years as viable solutions for
applications such as spot cooling of electronic components, remote power generation in …

The thermal conductance of nanoscale phonon modes is typically calculated using the
Boltzmann transport equation. A particular implementation of this method is the acoustic …

Thermodynamic formulation of efficiency of thermoelectric power generator is presented in
terms of the slenderness ratio (X=(Ap/Lp)/(An/Ln)) and the external load parameter …

Superlattices with thermal-insulating behaviors have been studied to design thermoelectric
materials but affect heat transfer in only one main direction and often show many cracks and …

The beneficial effects of nanostructured material systems have provided a significant
momentum to accomplish high-efficiency thermoelectric materials for power generation and …

Predicting the behaviors of thermoelectric material, such as the Seebeck coefficient, using
first-principle material properties will accelerate material design and selection to optimize …

Recent advances in wide-band gap thermionic materials have brought to question the
applicability of well accepted theories for thermionic emission from metallic surfaces. The …