chapter 1 General Principles and Basic Considerations -- chapter 2 Modern Thermodynamic Theory of Thermoelectricity -- chapter 3 Thermoelectric Phenomena under Large Temperature Gradients -- chapter 4 Minority Carriers and Thermoelectric Effects in Bipolar Devices -- chapter 5 Effects of Charge Carriers'Interactions on Seebeck Coefficients -- chapter 6 Thermal Conductivity of Semiconductors with Complex Crystal Structures -- chapter 7 A Chemical Approacht o the First-Principles Modeling of Novel Thermoelectric Materials -- chapter 8 Recent Trends for the Design and Optimization of Thermoelectric Materials - A Theoretical Perspective -- chapter 9 Thermoelectric Power Generation -- chapter 10 A New Upper Limit to the Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit -- chapter 11 Thermoelectric Module Design Theories -- chapter 12 Modeling and Characterization of Power Generation Modules Based on Bulk Materials -- chapter 13 Energy Conversion Using Diode-Like Structures -- chapter 14 Size Effects on Thermal Transport -- chapter 15 Thermoelectric Aspects of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems -- chapter 16 Theory and Modeling in Nanostructured Thermoelectrics -- chapter 17 Thermoelectric Power of Carbon Nanotubes -- chapter 18 Phonon-Drag Thermopower of Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures -- chapter 19 Solid-State Synthesis of Thermoelectric Materials -- chapter 20 Review of Methods of Thermoelectric Materials Mass Production -- chapter 21 Structural Studies of Thermoelectric Materials -- chapter 22 Measurements of Resistivity and Thermopower -- chapter 23 Electrical and Thermal Transport Measurement Techniques for Evaluation of the Figure-of-Merit of Bulk Thermoelectric Materials -- chapter 24 Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Thin Films -- chapter 25 Solvothermal Synthesis of Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials -- chapter 26 Approaches to Thermoelectric Standardization -- chapter 27 Thermoelectric Properties of BismuthAntimony Telluride Solid Solutions -- chapter 28 Bi - Sb Alloys -- chapter 29 Thermoelectrics on the Base of Solid Solutions of Mg2BIV Compounds (BIV = Si, Ge, Sn) -- chapter 30 Thermoelectric Properties of the Group V Semimetals -- chapter 31 Thermoelectrics of Transition Metal Silicides -- chapter 32 Formation and Crystal Chemistry of Clathrates -- chapter 33 Structure, Thermal Conductivity, and Thermoelectric Properties of Clathrate Compounds -- chapter 34 Skutterudite-Based Thermoelectrics -- chapter 35 Oxide Thermoelectrics -- chapter 36 Thermoelectric Properties of Electrically Conducting Organic Materials -- chapter 37 Shifting the Maximum Figure-of-Merit of (Bi, Sb)2(Te, Se)3 Thermoelectrics to Lower Temperatures -- chapter 38 Functionally Graded Materials for Thermoelectric Applications -- chapter 39 Recent Developments in Low-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials -- chapter 40 Thermoelectric Properties of Nanocrystalline Transition Metal Silicides -- chapter 41 Nanostructured Skutterudites -- chapter 42 Thermal Conductivity of Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials -- chapter 43 Modeling and Optimization of Segmented Thermoelectric Generators for Terrestrial and Space Applications -- chapter 44 Thermocouple with a Passive High Temperature Superconductor Leg -- chapter 45 Anisotropic Thermoelements -- chapter 46 Miniaturized Thermoelectric Converters -- chapter 47 Thermoelectric Microelectromechanical Systems -- chapter 48 Nanoscale Thermoelectrics -- chapter 49 Superlattice Thin-Film Thermoelectric Material and Device Technologies -- chapter 50 Thermoelectric Power Generation System Recovering Industrial Waste Heat -- chapter 51 The Concept of Thermoelectric Power Generation Topping-Up Cogeneration System -- chapter 52 A Thermoelectric Application to Vehicles -- chapter 53 Thermoelectric Microgenerators with Isotope Heat Sources -- chapter 54 Performance and Mass Estimates of CTM-ARPSs with Four GPHS Bricks -- chapter 55 Parametric and Optimization Analyses of Cascaded Thermoelectric-Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems with Four GPHS Bricks -- chapter 56 Space Missions and Applications -- chapter 57 Quantum Well Thermoelectric Devices and Applications -- chapter 58 Thermoelectric Cooling of Electro-Optic Components -- chapter 59 Thermoelectric Refrigeration for Mass-Market Applications.