9TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
ON THERMOELECTRICS
ECT2011
Thessaloniki, Greece

28 – 30 September 2011

EDITORSK. M. Paraskevopoulos
E. Hatzikraniotis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Editors
K. M. Paraskevopoulos
E. Hatzikraniotis
Physics Department - Solid State Section
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
54214 Thessaloniki
GreeceE-mail: kpar@auth.gr
evris@physics.auth.gr

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AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1449
9th European Conference on Thermoelectrics
ECT2011
Table of Contents

Preface: 9th European Conference on Thermoelectrics
K. M. Paraskevopoulos and E. Hatzikraniotis

1

HISTORY
Some issues of history and prospects of thermoelectricity
L. Anatychuk5

A. THEORY
Thermoelectric power factor of low dimensional silicon nanowires
Neophytos Neophytou and Hans Kosina

13

Optimal design of nanowire array based thermocouple
Thulasi Mylvaganam, Kristel Fobelets, and Imad Jaimoukha

17

Electron and phonon transmission in diameter-modulated nanowires
Xanthippi Zianni

21

Influence of hole-and phonon-nanoparticle scattering on the transport coefficients in BixSb1-xTe3
bulk nanostructures
L. P. Bulat, V. B. Osvenskii, Yu. N. Parkhomenko, and D. A. Pshenay-Severin

25

On semimetal-semiconductor transition in thin Bi films
A. Meriuts, E. Rogacheva, and M. Dresselhaus

29

Strong reduction of the lattice thermal conductivity in superlattices and quantum dot superlattices
V. M. Fomin, D. L. Nika, A. I. Cocemasov, C. I. Isacova, and O. G. Schmidt

33

Effect of temperature gradient on high-frequency dielectric permittivity in quantum-wellsuperlattice structures
Roland H. Tarkhanyan and Dimitris G. Niarchos

37

KKR-CPA study of Mg2X (X= Si, Ge, Sn) thermoelectric materials
P. Zwolenski, J. Tobola, and S. Kaprzyk

41

Tailoring thermoelectric properties of bismuth: Theoretical investigations
Lilia M. Woods, A. Popescu, A. Datta, and G. S. Nolas

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Defect and phase stability of solid solutions of Mg 2X with antifluorite structure. An ab-initio study
R. Viennois, P. Jund, C. Colinet, and J.-C. Tédenac

49

The influence of Zn vacancy on thermal conductivity of β-Zn4Sb3: A molecular dynamics study
Guodong Li, Yao Li, Qingjie Zhang, Lisheng Liu, and Pengcheng Zhai

53

Transport properties calculated from complex energy Fermi surface and Boltzmann approach:
Example of TiFe1–xNixSb half-Heusler compound
K. Kutorasinski, J. Tobola, and S. Kaprzyk

57

Coupled theoretical interpretation and experimental investigation of the lattice thermal
conductivity of Bi2Te3 single crystal
A. Jacquot, B. Bayer, M. Winkler, and M. Jaegle

61

A 3D TCAD simulation of a thermoelectric module configured for thermoelectric power
generation, cooling and heating
C. A. Gould, N. Y. A. Shammas, S. Grainger, I. Taylor, and K. Simpson

65

Analytical and experimental studies on an innovative composite approach for enhanced
thermoelectric performance
John Li, Matthew Barry, Yunfei Ma, Aiping Wu, and Minking K. Chyu

69

Fast solution of thermoelectric equation for inhomogeneous devices
York Christian Gerstenmaier, Stefan Lampenscherf, and Khanh Pham-Gia

73

Quadrupole method applied to a thermoelectric leg
M. Lazard, C. Goupil, G. Fraisse, and H. Scherrer

77

B. THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS
Phase stability, structures and thermoelectric properties of the (Bi 2)m·(Bi2Te3)n infinitely adaptive
seriesJ.-W. G. Bos, F. Faucheux, R. A. Downie, and A. Marcinkova

83

Biomolecule-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of Bi2Te3 nanostructures
Jian-Li Mi and Bo B. Iversen

87Electrical/Themoelectric characterization of electrodeposited BixSb2-xTe3 thin films
Jae-Hong Lim, In-joon Yoo, Mi Yeong Park, Young-Keun Jeong, Dong Chan Lim, Yang Do Kim,
Young-Bae Park, and Kyu Hwan Lee

91

Thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te3, Sb2Te3 and Bi2Se3 single crystals with magnetic impurities
V. A. Kulbachinskii, V. G. Kytin, A. A. Kudryashov, and P. M. Tarasov

95

Thermoelectric properties of the multilayered Bi2Te3 with chalcogenide materials
H. Ryu, S. M. Hyun, and J. Y. Song99

Thermoelectric properties of compacted Bi2-xSbxTe3 nanoplatelets with nominal composition of
x = 1.5
Chia-Jyi Liu, Gao-Jhih Liu, Yen-Liang Liu, and Liang-Ru Chen

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Features of growth and galvanomagnetic properties of the Bi 2Te3-based epitaxial films
Yuri A. Boikov, Lidia N. Lukyanova, Viacheslav A. Danilov, Mikhail P. Volkov,
Boris M. Goltsman, and Vsevolod A. Kutasov

107

Influence of processing parameters on the thermoelectric properties of (Bi 0.2Sb0.8)2Te3 sintered by
ECAE
S. Ceresara, C. Fanciulli, F. Passaretti, and D. Vasilevskiy

111

Fabrication and Spark plasma sintering of nanostructured bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3).
Mohsin Saleemi, Muhammet S. Toprak, Shanghua Li, Mats Johnsson, and Mamoun Muhammed

115

Enhancement of Seebeck coefficient and figure of merit of Ga-doped single crystal p-BiSbTe3
V. A. Kulbachinskii, V. G. Kytin, A. A. Kudryashov, and P. M. Tarasov

119

Self-organization processes in PbTe-Bi2Te3 semiconductor solid solutions and thermoelectric
properties
Elena Rogacheva, Olga Vodorez, Olga Nashchekina, and Alexander Bondarenko

123

N-type thermoelectric recycled carbon fibre sheet with electrochemically deposited Bi 2Te3
E. J. X. Pang, S. J. Pickering, A. Chan, and K. H. Wong

127

Cathodic deposition of BiTe as thermoelectric films using choline chloride based ionic liquids
Florentina Golgovici and Teodor Visan131

Low temperature synthesis and characterization of PbTe-based materials
Ch. Papageorgiou, J. Giapintzakis, and Th. Kyratsi

135

Thermoelectric properties of c-axis aligned Bi-Te materials
Hoyoung Kim, Dong Hwan Kim, Cham Kim, and SangHa Park

139

Thermal, electron transport and far infrared properties of PbTe single crystals doped with Br
M. V. Nikolic, K. M. Paraskevopoulos, E. Hatzikraniotis, N. Nikolic, S. S. Vujatovic, O. S. Aleksic,
T. T. Zorba, Th. Kyratsi, A. Menicanin, and P. M. Nikolic

143

Mid-temperature thermoelectric performances in PbS and PbTe
A. Ishida, Y. Sugiyama, H. Tatsuoka, A. Ito, and K. Isobe

147

Thermoelectric transport in PbSe quantum wells
Elena I. Rogacheva, Olga N. Nashchekina, Svetlana I. Ol’khovskaya, and Millie S. Dresselhaus

151

Frequency dependent electron damping in n-type PbSe
Th. C. Hasapis, J. Androulakis, E. Hatzikraniotis, K. M. Paraskevopoulos, and M. G. Kanatzidis

155

Thermoelectric properties of metastable Ge/Sb/Te and Ge/Bi/Te compounds
Thorsten Schröder, Matthias N. Schneider, Tobias Rosenthal, Philipp Urban, Felix Fahrnbauer,
Christian Stiewe, Christian Gold, Ernst-Wilhelm Scheidt, Wolfgang Scherer, and Oliver Oeckler

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Thermoelectric property characterisations and structural analysis of nanoalloyed Sb xTe1-x
multilayer thin films
X. Liu, M. Winkler, J. D. König, U. Schürmann, W. Bensch, H. Böttner, and L. Kienle

163

Figure of merit of single crystals p-(BixSb1-x)2-ySnyTe3 in wide temperature range
A. A. Kudryashov, V. A. Kulbachinskii, and V. G. Kytin

167

Correlation between microstructure and thermoelectric properties of AgPb 18SbTe20 (LAST-18)
S. Perlt, Th. Höche, J. Dadda, E. Müller, P. Bauer Pereira, R. P. Hermann, M. Sarahan, E. Pippel,
and R. Brydson

171

Reinvestigation of the influence of Se impurity on the structural and thermoelectric properties of
AgSbTe2
M. Schmidt and K. T. Wojciechowski

175

Thermoelectric properties of hot-pressed CrSi2 samples
F. Yu. Solomkin, A. Yu. Samunin, V. K. Zaitsev, A. T. Burkov, S. V. Novikov, and E. A. Gurieva

179

Near room temperature power factor of metal sulfides films
J. M. Clamagirand, J. R. Ares, I. J. Ferrer, and C. Sánchez

183

Fabrication of large sintered pellets of Sb-doped N-type Mg2Si using a plasma activated sintering
methodYusuke Hayatsu, Tsutomu Iida, Tatsuya Sakamoto, Shota Kurosaki, Keishi Nishio, Yasuo Kogo,
and Yoshifumi Takanashi

187

Synthesis and characterization of Bi-doped Mg2Si thermoelectric materials
S. Fiameni, S. Boldrini, S. Battiston, F. Agresti, A. Famengo, S. Barison, and M. Fabrizio

191

Solid-state synthesis and thermoelectric properties of N-type Mg2Si
Sin-Wook You, Il-Ho Kim, Soon-Mok Choi, Won-Seon Seo, and Sun-Uk Kim

195

Development of the method for the preparation of Mg 2Si by SPS techniquePawel Nieroda, Rafal Zybala, and Krzysztof T. Wojciechowski

199

Formation of Mg2Si thick films on Si substrates using pack cementation process
D. Stathokostopoulos, D. Chaliampalias, E. Pavlidou, E. Hatzikraniotis, G. Stergioudis, K. M.
Paraskevopoulos, and G. Vourlias

203

Thermoelectric properties of Mg2Si-based compounds synthesized partially using magnesium
alloy
Takashi Itoh and Kento Hagio

207

Nanostructured multilayered thin film barriers for Mg 2Si thermoelectric materials
S. Battiston, S. Boldrini, S. Fiameni, F. Agresti, A. Famengo, M. Fabrizio, and S. Barison

211

Influence of film thickness and annealing temperature in growth of Mg 2Si thin films
Th. C. Hasapis, E. Hatzikraniotis, E. C. Stefanaki, G. Vourlias, A. Siozios, P. Patsalas, and K. M.
Paraskevopoulos

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Nanocrystallization of amorphous M-Si thin film composites (M=Cr, Mn) and their thermoelectric
properties
A. T. Burkov, S. V. Novikov, and J. Schumann

219

Formation of Ni electrodes on sintered N-type Mg2Si using monobloc sintering and electrolessplating methods
Tatsuya Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Daisuke Mori, Makoto Ogi, Keishi Nishio, Yasuo Kogo,
Yoshifumi Takanashi, and Tsutomu Iida

223

Alternative route for the preparation of CoSb3 and Mg2Si derivatives
E. Godlewska, K. Mars, and K. Zawadzka

227

Oxidation resistant coatings for CoSb3
K. Zawadzka, E. Godlewska, K. Mars, and M. Nocun

231

Thermoelectric enhancement in CoSb3 skutterudite compounds with double and triple filling of
In, Yb, Ce
Cedat Ballikaya, Neslihan Uzar, Saffettin Yildirim, James R. Salvador, and Ctirad Uher

235

Benificial effect of Se substitution on thermoelectric properties in Co 4Sb12-x-yTexSey skutterudites
Bo Duan, Pengcheng Zhai, Lisheng Liu, and Qingjie Zhang

239

Thermoelectric properties of Ru2Ni2Sb12 ternary skutterudite
J. Navrátil, T. Plecháček, Č. Drašar, and F. Laufek

243

Dependence of microstructure induced with manufacturing parameters and physical properties ofcompound of skutterudite structure type CexFeCo3Sb12
Adriana Wrona, Jacek Mazur, Małgorzata Kamińska, Katarzyna Bilewska, Mariusz Staszewski, andMarian Czepelak

247

Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of the new skutterudites Yb xFe2Ni2Sb12 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4)
Andreas Kaltzoglou, Paz Vaqueiro, and Anthony V. Powell251

Thermoelectric properties of polycrystalline type-I germanium clathrates Ba8Ga16-xGe30+x
J. Leszczynski, A. Kolezynski, and K. T. Wojciechowski

255

Composition dependence of thermoelectric properties in polycrystalline type-I Ba8GaxSi46-x(nominal x=14-18) clathrates prepared by combining arc melting and spark plasma sintering
methods
Hiroaki Anno, Hiroki Yamada, Takahiro Nakabayashi, Masahiro Hokazono, and Ritsuko Shirataki

259

Crystal structure and XPS analysis of in-doped β-Zn4Sb3
Dingguo Tang, Wenyu Zhao, Sudan Cheng, and Qingjie Zhang

263

Thermoelectric properties and nonstoichiometry of GaGeTeČ. Drašar, V. Kucek, L. Beneš, and P. Lošťák

267

Improved thermoelectric performances in nano-Co0.97Pd0.03Sb3
E. Alleno, M. Gaborit, B. Lenoir, P. Masschelein, O. Rouleau, and M. F. Trichet

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Growth, electrical and thermal properties of doped mono and polycrystalline SiGe-based
quantum dot superlattices
G. Savelli, D. Hauser, H. Michel, and J. Simon

275

Classical and quantum size effects in Bi-Sb thin films
Elena I. Rogacheva, Dar’ya S. Orlova, and Millie S. Dresselhaus

279

Thermoelectric properties of nanostructured Bi-Sb-Te doped with C60
V. Kulbachinskii, V. Kytin, M. Popov, S. Buga, V. Blank, and P. Stepanov

283

Switching effect in transverse thermopower in single-crystal Bi microwires
Leonid A. Konopko, Tito E. Huber, and Albina A. Nikolaeva

287

Enhancement of thermopower anisotropy in Bi and Bi-Sn wires under elastic deformation andmagnetic field
Albina A. Nikolaeva, Leonid A. Konopko, Tito E. Huber, Anna K. Tsurkan, and Oxana V. Botnari

291

Prospects of nanostructures Bi1-XSbx for thermoelectricity
Albina A. Nikolaeva, Leonid A. Konopko, Tito E. Huber, Pavel P. Bodiul, and Ivan A. Popov295

Surface state effects on the thermopower of 30- to 200-nm diameter bismuth nanowires
T. E. Huber, K. Owusu, S. Johnson, A. Nikolaeva, L. Konopko, R. C. Johnson, and M. J. Graf

299

Comparison of the structural and thermoelectric properties of ball-milled and co-reduced Bi1-xSbx
nanoalloys
B. Landschreiber, E. Güneş, C. Rohner, G. Homm, C. Will, A. Sesselmann, P. J. Klar, E. Müller,
and S. Schlecht

303

Sintering process in ball-milled K2Bi8Se13 nano-composites
M. Ioannou, E. Hatzikraniotis, Ch. Lioutas, K. Chrissafis, D. Y. Chung, K. M. Paraskevopoulos, andTh. Kyratsi

307

High figures of merit in degenerate semiconductors. Energy filtering by grain boundaries inheavily doped polycrystalline silicon
Dario Narducci, Ekaterina Selezneva, Gianfranco Cerofolini, Stefano Frabboni,and Giampiero Ottaviani

311

Preparation and thermoelectric properties of B 4C-Si-B composites
B. Feng, H. P. Martin, R. Hempel-Weber, and A. Michaelis

315

Synthesis, characterization and thermoelectric properties of fine grains Gd-doped ZnO
Q. N. Pham, F. Brisset, C. Byl, D. Bérardan, and N. Dragoë

319

Influence of processing conditions on the thermoelectric properties of La1-xSrxCoO3 (x=0, 0.05)
Ch. Papageorgiou, G. I. Athanasopoulos, Th. Kyratsi, and J. Giapintzakis

323

Thermoelectric properties of SnO2-based ceramics doped with Nd, Hf or Bi
S. Yanagiya, N. V. Nong, M. Sonne, and N. Pryds

327

The thermoelectric compound Ca3Co4O9 - Synthesis and characteristics
Mojca Presečnik and Slavko Bernik

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Particle size effects on the thermal conductivity of ZnO
Espen Drath Bøjesen, Martin Søndergaard, Mogens Christensen, and Bo Brummerstedt Iversen

335

Thermoelectric properties and microstructure of modified novel complex cobalt oxides
Sr3RECo4O10.5 (RE = Y, Gd)
Ngo Van Nong and Nini Pryds

339

Nb-doped SrTiO3 glass-ceramics as high temperature stable n-type oxide thermoelectrics
Julian Lingner, Gerhard Jakob, and Martin Letz

343

Semiconducting glasses: A new class of thermoelectric materials?
A. P. Gonçalves, E. B. Lopes, G. Delaizir, and C. Godart

347

Experiments with semiconducting p-type misfit compound
H. Heinonen and J. Tervo

351

Thermal diffusivity measurement system applied to polymers
B. Abad, P. Díaz-Chao, A. Almarza, D. Amantia, S. Vázquez-Campos, Y. Isoda, Y. Shinohara,
F. Briones, and M. S. Martín-González

354

Thermoelectric properties of BiTeBr and BiTeI single crystals and composites of BiTeI with BiI 3,
CuI and Bi
V. A. Kulbachinskii, V. G. Kytin, A. A. Kudryashov, and A. V. Shevelkov

358

C. MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION
Thermoelectric standardisation - Reference materials and characterisation
P. Ziolkowski, P. Blaschkewitz, C. Stiewe, G. Karpinski, and E. Müller

365

Metrology for energy harvestingFrank Edler and Ernst Lenz

369

Modified Harman’s method
L. I. Anatychuk and V. V. Lysko

373

Construction of Seebeck-coefficient measurement by Kelvin-probe force microscopy
Hiroya Ikeda, Kazutoshi Miwa, and Faiz Salleh

377

Comparison of different methods for measuring thermal conductivities
D. Hartung, F. Gather, and P. J. Klar

381

New measuring techniques for the investigation of thermoelectric properties of nanowires
M. C. Schmitt, H. Reith, D. Huzel, and F. Völklein

385

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Correlation of local and global thermoelectric properties in laterally structured thermoelectricmaterials
G. Homm, F. Gather, A. Kronenberger, M. Becker, B. K. Meyer, P. J. Klar, P. Ziolkowski,
and E. Müller

389

Anisotropy analysis of thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te2.9Se0.1 prepared by SPS method
Rafal Zybala and Krzysztof T. Wojciechowski

393

Temperature-controlled formation of microstructure of n-type bismuth telluride with SPS method
Jacek Mazur, Adriana Wrona, Katarzyna Bilewska, Mariusz Staszewski, and Marcin Lis

397

The effect of substrate on the thermoelectric properties of rf sputtered Bi 2Te3 film
Hyo-Jung Kim, Hyun Woo You, Won Chel Choi, Chan Park, Young-Hwan Kim, Seong Il Kim, andJin-Sang Kim

401

Cross-plane Seebeck coefficient and thermal conductivity of CuFeSe 2 thin film
P. C. Lee, M. N. Ou, J. Y. Luo, M. K. Wu, and Y. Y. Chen

405

Microstructure and thermoelectric properties of bulk and porous n-type silicon-germanium alloy
prepared by HUP
A. Kallel, G. Roux, T. Derycke, C. L. Martin, M. Marinova, and C. Cayron

409

Microstructure for the determination of the Seebeck coefficients of doped polysilicon thin films
D. Moser, A. Steffen, and O. Paul

413

Thermoelectric characteristics of SiGe nanowire arrays as a function of Ge concentration
C. B. Li, B. Xu, Z. A. K. Durrani, M. Mironov, and K. Fobelets

417

A morphology study on thermoelectric Al-substituted ZnONina Schäuble, Benjamin E. Süess, Sascha Populoh, Anke Weidenkaff, and Myriam H. Aguirre

421

D. THERMOELECTRIC MODULES
Effective power factor and thermoelectric figure of merit
Knud Zabrocki, Wolfgang Seifert, and Eckhard Müller

427

Impact of internal thermal bypasses in high temperature TE-modules
Sarah Laube, Dimitri Tatarinov, Marlis Morschel, and Georg Bastian431

A new method to improve the efficiency of the heat flow path of a micro thermoelectric generator
Zheng Yuan, Katir Ziouche, Zahia Bougrioua, Pascale Godts, Tuami Lasri, and Didier Leclercq

435

Energy possibilities of permeable generator thermoelements based on segmented legs
R. G. Cherkez

439

Effect of heat-exchange systems on the efficiency of thermoelectric devices
A. V. Prybyla and R. G. Cherkez

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Improving the conversion efficiency of thermoelectric generators through “pulse mode” operation
Gao Min

447

Design and construction of a thermoelectric module based on natural pyrite
J. M. Clamagirand, J. R. Ares, I. J. Ferrer, and C. Sánchez

450

Preparation and characterisation of contacts for high temperature thermoelectric modules
Jorge García-Cañadas and Gao Min

454

Microstructure and contact resistivity of (Bi, Sb)2Te3/Sb interface
Fei Li, Xiangyang Huang, Wan Jiang, and Lidong Chen

458

Fabrication of thermoelectric modules with Mg 2Si and SrRuO3 by the spark plasma sintering
methodKeishi Nishio, Yukie Sawada, Koya Arai, Tatsuya Sakamoto, Yasuo Kogo, and Tsutomu Iida

463

Performance characterization of high-efficiency segmented Bi2Te3/CoSb3 unicouples forthermoelectric generators
K. T. Wojciechowski, R. Zybala, J. Leszczynski, P. Nieroda, M. Schmidt, R. Gajerski,
and E. Aleksandrova

467

Reduced energy consumption by massive thermoelectric waste heat recovery in light duty trucks
D. Magnetto and G. Vidiella

471

Exergetic analysis of a thermo-generator for automotive application: A dynamic numericalapproach
O. Glavatskaya, C. Goupil, A. El Bakkali, and O. Shonda

475

E. SYSTEM AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Thermoelectric harvesting of low temperature natural/waste heat
David Michael Rowe485

Impact of novel thermoelectric materials on automotive applications
Mauro Brignone and Alessandro Ziggiotti

493

CFD modeling of thermoelectric generators in automotive EGR-coolers
Olle Högblom and Ronnie Andersson

497

Analysis of possibilities of waste heat recovery in off-road vehicles
K. T. Wojciechowski, R. Zybala, J. Leszczynski, P. Nieroda, M. Schmidt, J. Merkisz, P. Lijewski,
and P. Fuc

501

Thermoelectric exhaust-gas energy recovery: An integrated approach
A. V. Powell, A. Kaltzoglou, P. Vaqueiro, G. Min, J. Garcia-Cañadas, R. K. Stobart, J. Li, G. Dong,and A. Wijewardane

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Thermoelectric device for treatment of radiculitis and spinal massage
L. I. Anatychuk and R. R. Kobylyansky

509

Design and development of a thermoelectric cogeneration device integrated in autonomous gas
heaters
Matteo P. Codecasa, Carlo Fanciulli, Roberto Gaddi, and Francesca Passaretti

512

Efficiency of thermoelectric recuperators of the exhaust gas energy of internal combustion engines
L. I. Anatychuk, R. V. Kuz, and Yu. Yu. Rozver

516

Study of a thermoelectric system equipped with a maximum power point tracker for stand-alone
electric generation.
C. Favarel, D. Champier, J. P. Bédécarrats, T. Kousksou, and F. Strub

520

Thermoelectric generating system attached to a carburizing furnace at Komatsu Ltd., Awazu
Plant
H. Kaibe, K. Makino, T. Kajihara, S. Fujimoto, and H. Hachiuma

524

Architectural innovation foresight of thermoelectric generator charger integrated portable power
supply for portable consumer electronic device in metropolitan market: The case study ofThailandS. Maolikul, S. Kiatgamolchai, and T. Chavarnakul

528

Electric power output optimization in Seebeck generators: Beyond high ZT
Dario Narducci

532

Thermoelectric converters for alternating current standards
L. I. Anatychuk and D. D. Taschuk

536

A 1 kWel thermoelectric stack for geothermal power generation—Modeling and geometrical
optimization
C. Suter, Z. Jovanovic, and A. Steinfeld

540

Experimenting with hot isostatically pressed (HIP) nano grained bismuth-telluride-based alloys
Jouko Virta and Jyrki Tervo

544

Self-cooling on power MOSFET using n-type Si wafer
H. Nakatsugawa, T. Sato, Y. Okamoto, T. Kawahara, and S. Yamaguchi

548

Prospects for improvement in LED performance using thermoelectrics
V. Semenyuk and R. Dekhtiaruk

552

Thermoelectric generator hidden in a shirt with a fabric radiator
Vladimir Leonov, Ruud J. M. Vullers, and Chris Van Hoof

556

Author Index

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AUTHOR INDEXA

Bougrioua, Zahia 435
Brignone, Mauro 493
Briones, F. 354
Brisset, F. 319
Brydson, R. 171
Buga, S. 283
Bulat, L. P. 25
Burkov, A. T. 179, 219
Byl, C. 319

Abad, B. 354
Agresti, F. 191, 211
Aguirre, Myriam H. 421
Aleksandrova, E. 467
Aleksic, O. S. 143
Alleno, E. 271
Almarza, A. 354
Amantia, D. 354
Anatychuk, L. 5
Anatychuk, L. I. 373, 509, 516, 536
Andersson, Ronnie 497
Androulakis, J. 155
Anno, Hiroaki 259
Arai, Koya 463
Ares, J. R. 183, 450
Athanasopoulos, G. I. 323

C
Cayron, C. 409
Ceresara, S. 111
Cerofolini, Gianfranco 311
Chaliampalias, D. 203
Champier, D. 520
Chan, A. 127
Chavarnakul, T. 528
Chen, Liang-Ru 103
Chen, Lidong 458
Chen, Y. Y. 405
Cheng, Sudan 263
Cherkez, R. G. 439, 443
Choi, Soon-Mok 195
Choi, Won Chel 401
Chrissafis, K. 307
Christensen, Mogens 335
Chung, D. Y. 307
Chyu, Minking K. 69
Clamagirand, J. M. 183, 450
Cocemasov, A. I. 33
Codecasa, Matteo P. 512
Colinet, C. 49
Czepelak, Marian 247

B
Bakkali, A. El 475
Ballikaya, Cedat 235
Barison, S. 191, 211
Barry, Matthew 69
Bastian, Georg 431
Battiston, S. 191, 211
Bayer, B. 61
Bédécarrats, J. P. 520
Becker, M. 389
Beneš, L. 267
Bensch, W. 163
Bérardan, D. 319
Bernik, Slavko 331
Bilewska, Katarzyna 247, 397
Blank, V. 283
Blaschkewitz, P. 365
Bøjesen, Espen Drath 335
Bodiul, Pavel P. 295
Boikov, Yuri A. 107
Boldrini, S. 191, 211
Bondarenko, Alexander 123
Bos, J. -W. G. 83
Botnari, Oxana V. 291
Böttner, H. 163

D
Dadda, J. 171
Danilov, Viacheslav A. 107
Datta, A. 45
Dekhtiaruk, R. 552
Delaizir, G. 347
Derycke, T. 409
Díaz-Chao, P. 354

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Dong, G. 505
Downie, R. A. 83
Dragoë, N. 319
Drašar, Č. 243, 267
Dresselhaus, M. 29
Dresselhaus, Millie S. 151, 279
Duan, Bo 239
Durrani, Z. A. K. 417

Gould, C. A. 65
Goupil, C. 77, 475
Graf, M. J. 299
Grainger, S. 65
Güneş, E. 303
Gurieva, E. A. 179

E

Hachiuma, H. 524
Hagio, Kento 207
Hartung, D. 381
Hasapis, Th. C. 155, 215
Hatzikraniotis, E. 1, 143, 155, 203, 215, 307
Hauser, D. 275
Hayatsu, Yusuke 187
Heinonen, H. 351
Hempel-Weber, R. 315
Hermann, R. P. 171
Höche, Th. 171
Högblom, Olle 497
Hokazono, Masahiro 259
Homm, G. 303, 389
Hoof, Chris Van 556
Huang, Xiangyang 458
Huber, T. E. 299
Huber, Tito E. 287, 291, 295
Huzel, D. 385
Hyun, S. M. 99

H

Edler, Frank 369
FFabrizio, M. 191, 211
Fahrnbauer, Felix 159
Famengo, A. 191, 211
Fanciulli, C. 111
Fanciulli, Carlo 512
Faucheux, F. 83
Favarel, C. 520
Feng, B. 315
Ferrer, I. J. 183, 450
Fiameni, S. 191, 211
Fobelets, K. 417
Fobelets, Kristel 17
Fomin, V. M. 33
Frabboni, Stefano 311
Fraisse, G. 77
Fuc, P. 501
Fujimoto, S. 524

I
Iida, Tsutomu 187, 223, 463
Ikeda, Hiroya 377
Ioannou, M. 307
Isacova, C. I. 33
Ishida, A. 147
Isobe, K. 147
Isoda, Y. 354
Ito, A. 147
Itoh, Takashi 207
Iversen, Bo B. 87
Iversen, Bo Brummerstedt 335

G
Gaborit, M. 271
Gaddi, Roberto 512
Gajerski, R. 467
Garcia-Cañadas, J. 505
García-Cañadas, Jorge 454
Gather, F. 381, 389
Gerstenmaier, York Christian 73
Giapintzakis, J. 135, 323
Glavatskaya, O. 475
Godart, C. 347
Godlewska, E. 227, 231
Godts, Pascale 435
Gold, Christian 159
Golgovici, Florentina 131
Goltsman, Boris M. 107
Gonçalves, A. P. 347

JJacquot, A. 61
Jaegle, M. 61
Jaimoukha, Imad 17
Jakob, Gerhard 343
Jeong, Young-Keun 91

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Jiang, Wan 458
Johnson, R. C. 299
Johnson, S. 299
Johnsson, Mats 115
Jovanovic, Z. 540
Jund, P. 49

Kytin, V. 283
Kytin, V. G. 95, 119, 167, 358
L
Lampenscherf, Stefan 73
Landschreiber, B. 303
Lasri, Tuami 435
Laube, Sarah 431
Laufek, F. 243
Lazard, M. 77
Leclercq, Didier 435
Lee, Kyu Hwan 91
Lee, P. C. 405
Lenoir, B. 271
Lenz, Ernst 369
Leonov, Vladimir 556
Leszczynski, J. 255, 467, 501
Letz, Martin 343
Li, C. B. 417
Li, Fei 458
Li, Guodong 53
Li, J. 505
Li, John 69
Li, Shanghua 115
Li, Yao 53
Lijewski, P. 501
Lim, Dong Chan 91
Lim, Jae-Hong 91
Lingner, Julian 343
Lioutas, Ch. 307
Lis, Marcin 397
Liu, Chia-Jyi 103
Liu, Gao-Jhih 103
Liu, Lisheng 53, 239
Liu, X. 163
Liu, Yen-Liang 103
Lopes, E. B. 347
Lošťák, P. 267
Lukyanova, Lidia N. 107
Luo, J. Y. 405
Lysko, V. V. 373

K
Kaibe, H. 524
Kajihara, T. 524
Kallel, A. 409
Kaltzoglou, A. 505
Kaltzoglou, Andreas 251Kamińska, Małgorzata 247
Kanatzidis, M. G. 155
Kaprzyk, S. 41, 57
Karpinski, G. 365
Kawahara, T. 548
Kiatgamolchai, S. 528
Kienle, L. 163
Kim, Cham 139
Kim, Dong Hwan 139
Kim, Hoyoung 139
Kim, Hyo-Jung 401
Kim, Il-Ho 195
Kim, Jin-Sang 401
Kim, Seong Il 401
Kim, Sun-Uk 195
Kim, Yang Do 91
Kim, Young-Hwan 401
Klar, P. J. 303, 381, 389
Kobylyansky, R. R. 509
Kogo, Yasuo 187, 223, 463
Kolezynski, A. 255
König, J. D. 163
Konopko, L. 299
Konopko, Leonid A. 287, 291, 295
Kosina, Hans 13
Kousksou, T. 520
Kronenberger, A. 389
Kucek, V. 267
Kudryashov, A. A. 95, 119, 167, 358
Kulbachinskii, V. 283
Kulbachinskii, V. A. 95, 119, 167, 358
Kurosaki, Shota 187
Kutasov, Vsevolod A. 107
Kutorasinski, K. 57
Kuz, R. V. 516
Kyratsi, Th. 135, 143, 307, 323

M
Ma, Yunfei 69
Magnetto, D. 471
Makino, K. 524
Maolikul, S. 528
Marcinkova, A. 83

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Marinova, M. 409
Mars, K. 227, 231
Martin, C. L. 409
Martin, H. P. 315
Martín-González, M. S. 354
Masschelein, P. 271
Mazur, Jacek 247, 397
Menicanin, A. 143
Meriuts, A. 29
Merkisz, J. 501
Meyer, B. K. 389
Mi, Jian-Li 87
Michaelis, A. 315
Michel, H. 275
Min, G. 505
Min, Gao 447, 454
Mironov, M. 417
Miwa, Kazutoshi 377
Mori, Daisuke 223
Morschel, Marlis 431
Moser, D. 413
Muhammed, Mamoun 115
Müller, E. 171, 303, 365, 389
Müller, Eckhard 427
Mylvaganam, Thulasi 17Nong, Ngo Van 339
Novikov, S. V. 179, 219
O
Oeckler, Oliver 159
Ogi, Makoto 223
Okamoto, Y. 548
Ol’khovskaya, Svetlana I. 151
Orlova, Dar'ya S. 279
Osvenskii, V. B. 25
Ottaviani, Giampiero 311
Ou, M. N. 405
Owusu, K. 299
PPang, E. J. X. 127
Papageorgiou, Ch. 135, 323
Paraskevopoulos, K. M. 1, 143, 155, 203, 215,
307
Park, Chan 401
Park, Mi Yeong 91
Park, SangHa 139
Park, Young-Bae 91
Parkhomenko, Yu. N. 25
Passaretti, F. 111
Passaretti, Francesca 512
Patsalas, P. 215
Paul, O. 413
Pavlidou, E. 203
Pereira, P. Bauer 171
Perlt, S. 171
Pham, Q. N. 319
Pham-Gia, Khanh 73
Pickering, S. J. 127
Pippel, E. 171
Plecháček, T. 243
Popescu, A. 45
Popov, Ivan A. 295
Popov, M. 283
Populoh, Sascha 421
Powell, A. V. 505
Powell, Anthony V. 251
Presečnik, Mojca 331
Prybyla, A. V. 443
Pryds, N. 327
Pryds, Nini 339
Pshenay-Severin, D. A. 25

N
Nakabayashi, Takahiro 259
Nakatsugawa, H. 548
Narducci, Dario 311, 532
Nashchekina, Olga 123
Nashchekina, Olga N. 151
Navrátil, J. 243
Neophytou, Neophytos 13
Niarchos, Dimitris G. 37
Nieroda, P. 467, 501
Nieroda, Pawel 199
Nika, D. L. 33
Nikolaeva, A. 299
Nikolaeva, Albina A. 287, 291, 295
Nikolic, M. V. 143
Nikolic, N. 143
Nikolic, P. M. 143
Nishio, Keishi 187, 223, 463
Nocun, M. 231
Nolas, G. S. 45
Nong, N. V. 327

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R

Søndergaard, Martin 335
Solomkin, F. Yu. 179
Song, J. Y. 99
Sonne, M. 327
Staszewski, Mariusz 247, 397
Stathokostopoulos, D. 203
Stefanaki, E. C. 215
Steffen, A. 413
Steinfeld, A. 540
Stepanov, P. 283
Stergioudis, G. 203
Stiewe, C. 365
Stiewe, Christian 159
Stobart, R. K. 505
Strub, F. 520
Süess, Benjamin E. 421
Sugiyama, Kazuhiro 223
Sugiyama, Y. 147
Suter, C. 540

Reith, H. 385
Rogacheva, E. 29
Rogacheva, Elena 123
Rogacheva, Elena I. 151, 279
Rohner, C. 303
Rosenthal, Tobias 159
Rouleau, O. 271
Roux, G. 409
Rowe, David Michael 485
Rozver, Yu. Yu. 516
Ryu, H. 99
S
Sakamoto, Tatsuya 187, 223, 463
Saleemi, Mohsin 115
Salleh, Faiz 377
Salvador, James R. 235
Samunin, A. Yu. 179
Sánchez, C. 183, 450
Sarahan, M. 171
Sato, T. 548
Savelli, G. 275
Sawada, Yukie 463
Schäuble, Nina 421
Scheidt, Ernst-Wilhelm 159
Scherer, Wolfgang 159
Scherrer, H. 77
Schlecht, S. 303
Schmidt, M. 175, 467, 501
Schmidt, O. G. 33
Schmitt, M. C. 385
Schneider, Matthias N. 159
Schröder, Thorsten 159
Schumann, J. 219
Schürmann, U. 163
Seifert, Wolfgang 427
Selezneva, Ekaterina 311
Semenyuk, V. 552
Seo, Won-Seon 195
Sesselmann, A. 303
Shammas, N. Y.A. 65
Shevelkov, A. V. 358
Shinohara, Y. 354
Shirataki, Ritsuko 259
Shonda, O. 475
Simon, J. 275
Simpson, K. 65
Siozios, A. 215

T
Takanashi, Yoshifumi 187, 223
Tang, Dingguo 263
Tarasov, P. M. 95, 119
Tarkhanyan, Roland H. 37
Taschuk, D. D. 536
Tatarinov, Dimitri 431
Tatsuoka, H. 147
Taylor, I. 65
Tédenac, J. -C. 49
Tervo, J. 351
Tervo, Jyrki 544
Tobola, J. 41, 57
Toprak, Muhammet S. 115
Trichet, M. F. 271
Tsurkan, Anna K. 291
U
Uher, Ctirad 235
Urban, Philipp 159
Uzar, Neslihan 235
V
Vaqueiro, P. 505
Vaqueiro, Paz 251
Vasilevskiy, D. 111
Vázquez-Campos, S. 354
Vidiella, G. 471

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Y

Viennois, R. 49
Virta, Jouko 544
Visan, Teodor 131
Vodorez, Olga 123
Völklein, F. 385
Volkov, Mikhail P. 107
Vourlias, G. 203, 215
Vujatovic, S. S. 143
Vullers, Ruud J. M. 556

Yamada, Hiroki 259
Yamaguchi, S. 548
Yanagiya, S. 327
Yildirim, Saffettin 235
Yoo, In-joon 91
You, Hyun Woo 401
You, Sin-Wook 195
Yuan, Zheng 435

W

Z

Weidenkaff, Anke 421
Wijewardane, A. 505
Will, C. 303
Winkler, M. 61, 163
Wojciechowski, K. T. 175, 255, 467, 501
Wojciechowski, Krzysztof T. 199, 393
Wong, K. H. 127
Woods, Lilia M. 45
Wrona, Adriana 247, 397
Wu, Aiping 69
Wu, M. K. 405

Zabrocki, Knud 427
Zaitsev, V. K. 179
Zawadzka, K. 227, 231
Zhai, Pengcheng 53, 239
Zhang, Qingjie 53, 239, 263
Zhao, Wenyu 263
Zianni, Xanthippi 21
Ziggiotti, Alessandro 493
Ziolkowski, P. 365, 389
Ziouche, Katir 435
Zorba, T. T. 143
Zwolenski, P. 41
Zybala, R. 467, 501
Zybala, Rafal 199, 393

X
Xu, B. 417

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