Symposium: Thermoelectric Materials: Science, Technology and Applications

Scope:

This symposium attempts to bring the multidisciplinary researchers on one platform to share the research in thermoelectric materials and thermoelectrics. The symposium will have a strong emphasis on emerging areas exploring new classes of materials with potentially higher thermoelectric figure of merit. In particular, novel synthesis approaches of bulk materials, thin films, superlattices, nanostructured materials will be highlighted, as well as new spectroscopy and in situ characterization and modeling of materials and thermoelectric responses at the nanoscale. Theoretical studies of transport properties, crystal chemistry of materials, thermodynamic analysis and energy transferring processes will be included. The symposium will also cover recent advances in metrology, technology and application of thermoelectric materials. Work on thermoelectric device innovations will be highlighted that would lead to the next generation thermoelectric refrigeration and power generation applications.

Organizer: Qiang Li, Brookhaven National Laboratory;
Co-organizers:     W. Wong-Ng, National Institute of Standards and Technology;
                                T.M. Tritt, Clemson University; G.S. Nolas, University of South Florida