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Thermoelectric Modules Based on Oxide Thin Films

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Oxides are known as stable, inexpensive, and sustainable thermoelectric (TE) materials. Thermoelectric modules based on bulk oxides legs have been proposed in past years. However, main obstacles to the practical diffusion of such kind of heat harvesters are their low conversion efficiency and mechanical rigidity. Use of nanostructured oxide thin films is expected to overcome both drawbacks. This chapter reviews the recent progress on the fabrication of tiny modules based on oxide thin films.

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  1. SIT Research Laboratories, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Paolo Mele

  2. Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan

    Shrikant Saini

  3. Department of Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Edoardo Magnone

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  2. University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

    Dario Narducci

  3. AIST, Tsukuba, Japan

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  4. JNCASR, Bangalore, India

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  5. IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain

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  6. Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan

    Shrikant Saini

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Mele, P., Saini, S., Magnone, E. (2019). Thermoelectric Modules Based on Oxide Thin Films. In: Mele, P., et al. Thermoelectric Thin Films. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20043-5_7

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