Thermoelectricity: from the iron arc of Alessandro Volta to radioisotope thermoelectric generators
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: We start with an overview of the fascinating history of thermoelectricity, which included such famous scientists as Luigi Galvani, Alessandro Volta, Thomas Johann Seebeck, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, and even the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Then we move on to the basic concepts for describing thermoelectric phenomena and how, as our understanding of nature improves, thermoelectricity finds more and more applications. We formulate the requirements for the materials necessary for the wide practical use of thermoelectricity and will mention those that exist, and those that Nature has forgotten to create but will be discovered/invented by scientists. Finally, we enumerate several more significant applications of thermoelectricity.
Source: Physics Education
Authors: I Chikina, C Goupil, S G Sharapov, A A Varlamov
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Paris-Saclay - Etablissement de Saclay, CEA Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv Academic University, Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Superconducting and other Innovative Materials and Devices Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,075
OpenAlex ID: W4389391295