Thermoelectrics is the science and technology associated with thermoelectric converters, that is, the generation of electrical power by the Seebeck effect and refrigeration by the Peltier effect. This handbook offers information on thermoelectrics.
It is intended that this handbook should serve both as the authoritative reference text on thermoelectrics for the professional scientist and engineer and as a source of general information on thermoelectrics for the well-informed layman. This handbook is comprised of fifty-five chapters written by sixty-one of the leading authorities in their field.