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Revisit of Thermoelectric Efficiency and Figure-of-Merit

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Thermoelectric efficiency power generation represented based on the transportation equations obtained under different physical boundary conditions in the present investigation. The figure-of-merit and power factor derived from optimizing thermoelectric efficiency and maximizing power output. It is interesting to note that the maximum output power reached when the load resistance was the thermoelectric adiabatic resistance, while the optimized thermoelectric efficiency responded the isothermal resistance. The possible approach to characterizing these thermoelectric parameters proposed in the present investigation.

Source: Materials science forum

DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.787.195

Authors: Chun Lei Wang, Yuan Hu Zhu, Wen Bin Su, Jian Liu, Ji Chao Li

Institution: Shandong University

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China