"Piezoelectric and Thermoelectric Materials Novel Applications" ed. by Rafael Vargas-Bernal, Roberto Palma Guerrero

The purpose of this work is to disseminate some of the latest scientific and technological advances by different researchers around the world in the development of devices and applications based on these materials. The book compiles state-of-the-art fundamentals, current uses, as well as emerging applications of piezoelectric and thermoelectric materials. It is a source of inspiration for continued scientific research on the commercial, industrial, and military applications of these materials. Furthermore, it is a valuable and informative resource for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as experts and researchers in the field.

Piezoelectric and thermoelectric materials represent emerging cutting-edge technological materials for energy harvesting for high-value-added applications. Although these materials have been exhaustively exploited for decades, researchers around the world continue to find technological and scientific innovations that must be disseminated to the engineers of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Piezoelectric materials, through mechanical stresses applied to them, are capable of generating electricity, while thermoelectric materials are capable of producing electricity thanks to the heat applied to them. Therefore, the direct application of these materials is in energy harvesting, which, together with the reduction of materials, leads them to portable and wearable functional applications.

Contents
1. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Based on Two-Dimensional Materials
2. Advances in Piezoelectric Two-Dimensional Materials for Energy Harvesting
3. Transient Crystal Structure of Oscillating Quartz
4. Magnetoelectric Composites-Based Energy Harvesters
5. Equivalent Circuit Model of Magnetostrictive/Piezoelectric Laminated Composite
6. Thermal Conductivity in Thermoelectric Materials
7. Development of Quantum Unit of Temperature Standard in Thermoelectric Research
8. Thermodynamic Analysis of Thermoelectric Legs with Different Geometric Parameters
9. New Thermoelectric Future and It’s Uses towards Mankind: A Review


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