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Performance analysis of nanostructured Peltier coolers
, 2018 Employing non-equilibrium quantum transport models, we investigate the details and operating conditions of nano-structured Peltier coolers embedded with an energy filtering barrier.
Muralidharan, Bhaskaran, Singha, Aniket
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.InSb, a narrow‐bandgap semiconductor with high carrier mobility, is promising for thermoelectric energy conversion but suffers from high lattice thermal conductivity and strong bipolar conduction. Here, in situ interface engineering using Co2O3 nanoprecursors forms hierarchical CoSbx/In2O3/CoSb3 heterostructures that enhance phonon scattering and ...
Jiwu Xin +10 more
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Results in EngineeringThe energy efficiency of heat pumps is an important factor for the sustainability and electrification of domestic heating, especially for the most common air-to-water heat pumps, which are a competitive solution to conventional heating methods.
M. Pendzialek +6 more
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Improving the solar still productivity using thermoelectric materials: A review
Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 Solar still is a convenient tool for water desalination using solar energy, but it has low efficiency. Thermoelectric materials can convert thermal energy into electrical energy and vice versa.
Mahmoud Elgendi, A.E. Kabeel, F.A. Essa
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Machine Learning‐Assisted Inverse Design of Soft and Multifunctional Hybrid Liquid Metal Composites
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A machine learning framework is presented for inverse design of synthesizable multifunctional composites containing both liquid metal and solid inclusions. By integrating physics‐based modeling, data‐driven prediction, and Bayesian optimization, the approach enables intelligent design of experiments to identify optimal compositions and realize these ...
Lijun Zhou +5 more
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Nature CommunicationsMicro-thermoelectric coolers are emerging as a promising solution for high-density cooling applications in confined spaces. Unlike thin-film micro-thermoelectric coolers with high cooling flux at the expense of cooling temperature difference due to very ...
Xiaowen Sun +11 more
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Opportunities of Semiconducting Oxide Nanostructures as Advanced Luminescent Materials in Photonics
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.The review discusses the challenges of wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconducting oxides as a suitable material platform for photonics. They offer great versatility in terms of tuning microstructure, native defects, doping, anisotropy, and micro‐ and nano‐structuring. The review focuses on their light emission, light‐confinement in optical cavities, and
Ana Cremades +7 more
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Energies, 2020 This paper focuses on the problem of thermoelectric cooler waste heat recovery and utilization, and proposes taking the waste heat together with the original heat source as the input heat source of the integrated thermoelectric generation–cooling system.
Jia Yu +4 more
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On the efficiency at maximum cooling power
, 2013 The efficiency at maximum power (EMP) of heat engines operating as generators is one corner stone of finite-time thermodynamics, the Curzon-Ahlborn efficiency $\eta_{\rm CA}$ being considered as a universal upper bound.
Apertet, Yann +4 more
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Thermal management in microfluidics using micro-Peltier junctions [PDF]
, 2005 We report refrigeration and heating of nanoliter fluid volumes with micro-Peltier junctions. The temperature of small liquid reservoirs can be rapidly changed and controlled within a range between -3 degrees C to over 120 degrees C with good long-term ...
Johnston, Matthew +2 more
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