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Effect of sodium rich pretreatments and processing conditions on microstructure and property evolution of sodium cobalt oxide thermoelectric materials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Global environmental and sustainability issues have led to a growth in interest in oxide based thermoelectric materials. Sodium cobalt oxide, which presents low toxicity, is one of the most promising p-type thermoelectric materials for high temperature ...
Jakubczyk, Ewa
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Oxide Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting Materials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Conventional thermoelectric materials found in many thermoelectric devices have unfavourable properties; they often suffer instability at high temperatures and contain toxic metals which pose a hazard to the environment.
James, Ashley
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Thermoelectric energy harvesting for wireless self powered condition monitoring nodes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Condition monitoring of machines and structures is commonly utilized in order to prevent failures before they can occur. For these reasons, data such as temperature, vibrations or displacements are collected and analysed. Sensors collect this information,
Royo Perez, Sandra
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Design and modelling of SOI-based solar thermoelectric generators [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this work, solar micro-thermoelectric generators are designed with a lens concentrating solar radiation onto the membrane of a thermoelectric generator (TEG).
Leon, Maria Theresa De   +3 more
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Feasibility of large-scale power plants based on thermoelectric effects

open access: yesNew Journal of Physics, 2014
Heat resources of small temperature difference are easily accessible, free and enormous on the Earth. Thermoelectric effects provide the technology for converting these heat resources directly into electricity.
Liping Liu
doaj   +1 more source

Liquid structure of aluminum binary alloys characterized by electrical parameters under electromagnetic field

open access: yesMaterials Research Express, 2021
The electrical parameters of aluminum binary alloys (Al–Fe and Al–Si alloys) have been investigated in the presence of alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) electromagnetic fields. The results show that both thermoelectric power and electrical
Wenxin Hu, Jianfeng Zhang, Qichi Le
doaj   +1 more source

Nonlinear thermoelectric effects in high-field superconductor-ferromagnet tunnel junctions

open access: yesBeilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2016
Background: Thermoelectric effects result from the coupling of charge and heat transport and can be used for thermometry, cooling and harvesting of thermal energy. The microscopic origin of thermoelectric effects is a broken electron–hole symmetry, which
Stefan Kolenda   +3 more
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Optimization of the efficiency of permeable thermoelectric elements for air conditioner applicatons

open access: yesФізика і хімія твердого тіла, 2021
The optimization of permeable thermoelement for thermoelectric air conditioner unit based is presented. In the thermoelectric air conditioner unit the air flow is cooled due to a combined action of thermoelectric effects and the Joule-Thomson effect ...
R.G. Cherkez, M.S. Lastivka, A.S. Gukova
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Enhanced Model for the Analysis of Thermoelectric Effects at Nanoscale: Onsager’s Method and Liu’s Technique in Comparison

open access: yesEntropy
The aim of this paper is twofold. From the practical point of view, an enhanced model for the description of thermoelectric effects at nanoscale is proposed.
Maria Di Domenico, Antonio Sellitto
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Nonlinear thermovoltage and thermocurrent in quantum dots

open access: yesNew Journal of Physics, 2013
Quantum dots are model systems for quantum thermoelectric behavior because of their ability to control and measure the effects of electron-energy filtering and quantum confinement on thermoelectric properties.
S Fahlvik Svensson   +8 more
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