2005 24th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT) (IEEE Cat. No.05TH8854C)

The following topics were dealt with: improved thermoelectric materials; novel synthesis techniques; characterization methods; thermoelectric device performance; tunneling; thin film and superlattice structures; low dimensional thermoelectrics; thin film and nanoscale thermoelectrics; ceramic oxides; complex chalcogenides and oxides; thermoelectric devices and applications; thermoelectric measurements and techniques; bulk thermoelectric materials; thermoelectric theory and modeling; clathrates; power generation applications; micro-coolers and thermoelements; half-Heusler alloys; thermoelectric modules and module design; boride silicides thermoelectric materials; skutterudites; thermionic emission and novel applications of thermoelectrics.