一、課程說明(Course Description)
<br>This course is to give an overview about thermoelectric materials including 
<br>thermoelectric effects, thermoelectric transport properties, and on-going effort 
<br>of thermoelectric development. 
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<br> 二、指定用書(Text Books)
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<br>Thermoelectrics, Basic Principles and New Materials Developments, G. S.   Nolas, 
<br>J. Sharp and H. J. Goldsmid, Springer 2001
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<br> 三、參考書籍(References)
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<br>1. CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics, edited by D. M. Rowe, CRC Press 1995
<br>2. Recent trends in Thermoelectric Materials Research I, II and III, 
<br>   Semiconductors and Semimetals Vol. 69, 70 and 71, edited by Terry M. Tritt,
<br>   Academic Press 2001
<br>4. Microscale Energy Transport, edited by C.-L. Tien, A. Majumdar and F. M.
<br>   Gerner
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<br> 四、教學方式(Teaching Method)
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<br>Lectures
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<br> 五、教學進度(Syllabus)
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<br>1.	Overview of Thermoelectrics
<br>        - Thermoelectric phenomena
<br>        - Efficiency of thermoelectric device and thermoelectric figure-of-merit
<br>2.	Electrical/thermal transport theory
<br>        - Lattice thermal conduction
<br>        - Band theory
<br>        - Electron transport in crystalline solids (Boltzmann transport theory)
<br>3.	 Selection and optimization criteria
<br>        - Selection criteria for thermoelectrics
<br>        - Dependence of transport properties on carrier concentration
<br>        - Optimization of electronic properties
<br>        - Minimization of thermal conductivity 
<br>4.	Measurement and Characterization techniques for Thermoelectric materials
<br>        - Electrical Resistivity 
<br>        - Seebeck coefficient
<br>        - Thermal conductivity
<br>        - Figure of merit
<br>5.	Established thermoelectric materials and devices
<br>        - Group V2-VI3 
<br>        - Group V and their alloys
<br>        - Design of thermoelectric modules
<br>6.	PGEC and Complex Chalcogenide structure
<br>        - Skutterudite and clathrate compounds
<br>        - Pentatelluride compounds
<br>7.	Low-dimensional thermoelectrics
<br>        - Nanocrystalline thermoelectrics
<br>        - Supperlattice thin films
<br>        - Nanowires
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<br> 六、成績考核(Evaluation)
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<br>Oral presentation 50%、Final exam 50%
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<br> 七、可連結之網頁位址
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