Thermoelectric (TE) effect provides an elegant solution for conversion of the waste heat into
electrical energy, based on the intrinsically simple technology employing no moving parts and
possessing self-sufficiency to enable mobile or remote applications. In some energy-conversion
scenarios the cost and thermal stability requirements may dominate over effciency issues, making
abundant, high-temperature-stable and low-toxic oxides an interesting alternative TE material. The talk
will focus on opportunities for high-temperature thermoelectric energy harvesting and feature some
promising strategies to design performing oxide-based thermoelectrics. Particular attention will be
given to the approaches where inherent redox flexibility of oxides is invoked for tailoring the functional
TE properties, and some nanocomposite concepts.publishe
