Meet the editors

Rafael Vargas-Bernal earned an Electronics and Communications Engineer degree from the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1995. He obtained his master's degree and a DSc in Electronics from the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE), Mexico, in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Since 2000, he has worked as a full professor at the University of Guanajuato, the Instituto Tecnológico Superior

de Irapuato, and the University of La Salle Bajío. He is a reviewer for numerous publishers and journals. He has published nineteen articles in indexed journals and forty-eight book chapters. He has edited two books for IntechOpen. His areas of interest are ceramic materials, nanomaterials, and gas sensors.

Roberto Palma Guerrero received a BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Granada, Spain, in 2005, 2006, and 2012, respectively. He obtained a research grant to develop his postgraduate studies at the Department of Structural Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering, University of Granada. From September 2010 to December 2012, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Universitat Politécnica de Valencia in Valencia,

Spain. From January 2013 to August 2019, he was an assistant lecturer at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, Spain. Since September 2019, he has been an associate professor at the University of Granada. Dr. Guerrero is a member of the Mecánica de Sólidos y Estructuras (MECSOL) research group.

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Preface

A hot topic of research nowadays is the development and application of piezoelectric and thermoelectric materials. In addition to their direct application in energy harvesting, these materials are also being used to develop other high-added-value, multifunctional, and emerging applications. Either mechanical deformation or heat released environmentally by various processes can be utilized to generate electrical energy via

This technical and scientific book compiles scientific research on some of the latest advances in piezoelectric and thermoelectric materials. The chapters within are organized into two sections. Section 1 includes five chapters that discuss piezoelectric materials, and Section 2 includes four chapters that discuss thermoelectric materials.

Chapter 1 introduces the characteristics and applications of two-dimensional materials, which are ideal materials for harvesting piezoelectric energy to be used in aero-

Chapter 2 examines the performance achieved by two-dimensional piezoelectric materials such as phosphorene, MXenes, Janus structures, heterostructured materials, and transition metal chalcogenides in energy harvesting for applications including

Chapter 3 investigates the use of time-resolved X-ray diffraction to study the amplified crystal lattice deformation and ionic displacements of resonant quartz crystals under an alternating electric field used in the implementation of piezoelectric oscilla-

Chapter 4 discusses the application of piezoelectric and magnetoelectric materials to take advantage of acoustic and mechanical vibrations, as well as magnetic fields

Chapter 5 presents an equivalent circuit model of laminated magnetostrictive and/ or piezoelectric composite materials to predict their behavior under dynamic electromagnetic fields for both the direct and inverse effects in the longitudinal-transverse

Chapter 6 evaluates different thermal conductivity models for thermoelectric materials both phenomenologically and analytically to identify the most convenient materi-

als to develop high-temperature applications such as thermal barrier coatings.

Chapter 7 analyzes a quantum unit as a temperature standard to develop highprecision and high-efficiency thermoelectric applications using one- and twodimensional nanomaterials as well as nanostructured materials in energy harvesting.

the application of piezoelectric and/or thermoelectric materials.

space, military, automotive, and electronic clothing applications.

tors for digital circuit applications.

and transverse-transverse modes.

produced by alternating current, to harvest energy.

self-powered sensors, self-powered devices, and regenerative actuators.
