Preface

Abstract

Conversion Materials" have recently attracted the attention of many researchers, and also have been investigated very actively. The Thermoelectrics Society of Japan was established on April 1st, 2004. Since the predecessor group of the society started in 1994, research activity on thermoelectrics in Japan has increased very rapidly. The Editorial Committee of the Thermoelectrics Society of Japan has participated in the joint editing of Materials Transactions in July 2004. This special issue was planned by the society following the first special issue of Vol. 46, No. 7 (2005) of Materials Transactions, which was published in commemoration of the establishment of the society. In this eighth issue, 5 papers covering the various thermoelectric materials are included.