Meet the editor

Dr Saim Memon is a senior lecturer in Electrical Engineering and Course Director HND-EEE at London South Bank University, London, UK. He holds a BEng (Hons) in Electrical Engineering, an MSc in Mechatronics, a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and a PGCert Teaching Qualification - Further Education. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of Higher Education Academy with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) from the General Teaching

Council for Scotland (GTCS). He teaches BEng/MEng/MSc modules and supervises BEng/MEng/MSc/PhD students. He has multi-disciplinary research/academic experience in electrical engineering, solar thermal vacuum engineering, and renewable energy engineering. His research interests include energy materials for vacuum-insulated smart windows, renewable energy technologies, and thermoelectric materials with vacuum insulation and heat storage. He has authored more than 35 publications and received numerous research grants and awards throughout his career. He has also developed research collaborations with leading scientists in the UK, Europe, USA, UAE, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Kenya, Peru, Pakistan, Russia, and China.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Saim Memon*

*by Lazaros Tzounis*

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

Energy Harvesting Applications

*by Shigeji Fujita and Akira Suzuki*

*by Dana Ben-Ayoun and Yaniv Gelbstein*

Thermoelectric Generator Using Passive Cooling

Properties of Lead Telluride

**Preface III**

Advanced Thermoelectric Materials **1**

**Chapter 1 3** Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Advanced Thermoelectric Materials for

**Chapter 2 7**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 51**

Thermo-Electrical Performance Evaluation of Thermoelectric Devices **61**

**Chapter 5 63**

**Chapter 6 83**

Energy Harvesting Applications of Thermoelectric Devices **97**

**Chapter 7 99**

Thermoelectric Control of Deep UV LED to Improve Optical Performance *by Pablo Fredes, Ulrich Raff, Ernesto Gramsch, Javiera Cuenca and Jose Pascal*

*by Robert Dell, Michael Thomas Petralia, Ashish Pokharel and Runar Unnthorsson*

Heat Recovery and Power Generation Using Thermoelectric Generator *by Luis Vitorio Gulineli Fachini, Pedro Leineker Ochoski Machado, Larissa Krambeck, Romeu Miqueias Szmoski and Thiago Antonini Alves*

Bismuth Telluride Solubility Limit and Dopant Effects on the Electronic

Organic Thermoelectrics and Thermoelectric Generators (TEGs)

Quantum Theory of the Seebeck Coefficient in YBCO
