L.I. Anatychuk, O.J. Luste. Training specialists in thermoelectricity – from school graduate to doctor of science. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p. 5-15.
Academic program of training specialists in thermoelectricity developed by the Department of Thermoelectricity of the Chernivtsi National University is presented. The program defines logical interaction between different disciplines and serves as a basis for planning of academic process aimed at training young people at school; training of students for Bachelor’s and Master’s degree and qualification of specialist, further post-graduate and doctorate studies as well as refresher training of specialists in thermoelectricity.

I.V. Slipukhina, D.M. Bercha. Formation of the CdSb band spectrum in the vicinity of band gap in ab initio calculations. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p.16-26.
First principles investigations of the band structure of anisotropic thermoelectric CdSb crystal in the main directions of Brillouin zone have been carried out. The main peculiarities of its band spectrum formation in the vicinity of band gap, predicted from the empty-lattice approximation, have been confirmed. The fact that the CdSb compound is not a layered one has been proved on the basis of elementary energy bands concept within the simplest empty-lattice approximation. This fact coincides well with predominantly covalent nature of chemical bonding in this crystal.

A.A. Druzhinin, I.P. Ostrovskii, S.N. Matvijenko. ThermoEMF of Si-Ge solid solution whisker in magnetic field. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p.27-30.
Studies of Seebeck coefficient in heavily doped Si1-xGex (x = 0.01-0.05) whiskers were carried out in temperature range 4.2–300K at magntic field up to 14 T. Power dependency of Seebeck coefficient on magnetic field strength was observed, which indicates in existance of strong hole-phonon coupling in such crystals.

V.P. Mikhalchenko, V.V. Motskin. On elastic properties of fullerite С₆₀ f.c.c. phase. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p.31-44.
Elastic constants Cijkl of high-temperature f.c.c. phase of monocrystalline fullerite C₆₀ at Т=300 K, determined by the authors from X-ray diffractometer data, compared to experimental acoustic and calculated data, have been analyzed from the microscopic and crystal physics standpoints. The contributions of translational and librational anharmonicity to deviation from the Cauchy relations comparable in their value to contribution due to noncentrality of molecular interaction have been evaluated. Besides, the measure of anharmonicity of lattice vibrations, thermal conductivity and hardness of fullerite have been evaluated that proved to differ about 4 orders of magnitude from diamond. Direction dependences of the Young's modulus Е and shear modulus G agree with the structure, however, the values E and G of polycrystalline fullerite calculated by Voigt-Reuss-Hill proved to be overrated by 30% as compared to the experiment. The relevance of further research into elastic properties of fullerites and fullerides.

A.I. Kopyl, I.I. Pavlovich, P.I. Feichuk, L.P. Scherbak. Behaviour of the III group impurities in the crystals of solid solutions based on the IV and II group tellurides. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p.45-51.
The paper provides the results of the investigations concerned with the effect of gallium doping upon the properties of А⁴В⁶ and А²В⁶ single crystal compounds grown from the vapor phase. It is specified that the key reason for dependence of the carrier concentaration behavior on near- intristic temperature is molecural injection of Ga₂Te₃ impurity. The prerequisite is solubility of Ga in the quantity of 2 Ga atoms for one metallic vacancy in the metallic sublattice as well as Te excess.

E.M. Kosenkov, H.I. Rarenko, V.P. Shafranyuk, I.I. Zayets’. Research on structural perfection of СdSb crystals depending on their growth and doping technology for thermoelectric converters. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p.52-59.
In this paper X-ray topographic methods have been used to investigate structural perfection, presence of inclusions of other phases, mechanical stresses, density and topography of dislocations in CdSb crystals with different concentration of Ag, In and Те impurities, and the limits of their hard solubility have been established. Highly doped ingots of various geometrical shape and dimensions were solved in pure CdSb to obtain single crystals with various content of impurities necessary for creating thermoelectric devices.

N.R.Bukharayeva, B.M.Demchuk, V.Yu.Shustakov, K. Lang. Laser power detector. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p.60-63.
The paper describes design of the elaborated thermoelectric semiconductor laser power detector intended for work in the range of power 10^-5-10^-3W and wavelength 0.4-11 mkm. The results of experimental research on zone inhomogeneity of sensitivity and temporal characteristics of transducer are given.

Т.О. Tsarik, A.G.Shaiko-Shaikovsky, Е.N. Timofeeva, А.V. Klepikovsky. Determination of intrinsic vibration frequencies of thermoelectric coolers with different number of stages using electrohydrodynamic analogy and lagrange methods. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p.64-67.
The behaviour of thermoelectric coolers with a different number of stages at kinematical excitation using electrohydrodynamic analogy method and Lagrange quadric equations has been studied. Analytical models for analysis of multi-stage thermoelectric cooler design using both methods are suggested. It is established that one-stage and four-stage thermoelectric coolers require vibroprotection at kinematical excitation, since they may resonate when excitation frequency approaches intrinsic frequency.

А.А. Ascheulov, I.S.Romanyuk. Some peculiarities of manufacturing enhanced reliability thermoelectric modules based on Bi-Te-Se-Sb crystals. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p.68-76.
The paper presents a brief review of publications devoted to technological peculiarities of manufacturing homogeneous crystals of Bi-Te-Se-Sb solid solutions, electric connecting copper layers of ceramic thermal junctions, as well as anti-diffusion nickel layers of TEM legs, whose testing showed their failure-free operation for 12000 hours in continuous and 3000 hours in cyclic modes.

Yu.I. Fedinchuk, V.Ya. Mikhailovsky, L.T. Strutinskaya. Analysis of temperature distribution on the surface of catalytic burner in thermogenerators. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p.77-84.
Temperature fields on the heat-release surface of catalytic burner under conditions of opposite fuel and oxidant delivery have been determined experimentally. The function of temperature distribution along the radiant catalyst surface has been derived.

Yu.N. Lobunets. Analysis of thermoelectric heating efficiency under environmental conditions of Ukraine. Journal of Thermoelectricity. 2004,  No. 3. - p.85-89.
Efficiency of heating systems using thermoelectric heat pumps (THP) is evaluated. Prospectives for application of these devices in the independent heat supply systems are shown.