Charge transfer in thermoelectric nanocomposites: power factor enhancements and model systems -- Self-assembled nanostructured bulk Si as high-performance TE materials -- Thermoelectric Seebeck effect of disordered organic semiconductors -- Innovative approaches towards the synthesis of thermoelectric oxides -- Silicide thermoelectrics -- Recent advances on Mg2XIV based thermoelectric materials: a theoretical approach -- Low-dimensional nanomaterials for thermoelectric detection of infrared and terahertz photons -- Advanced thin film photo-thermal materials and applications -- Percolation effects in semiconductor IV-VI -- based solid solutions and thermoelectric materials science -- Thermoelectric properties of granular carbon materials -- Thermoelectric properties and thermal stability of conducting polymer nanocomposites: a review -- Disorder in metamaterials -- Index.