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Energies, 2020 In this study, a full-scale three-dimensional trapezoidal thermoelectric cooler model is constructed to study its cooling performance and mechanical reliability using finite element simulation.
Tianbo Lu +4 more
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Multi-terminal far-from-equilibrium thermoelectric nano-devices in the Kondo regime [PDF]
, 2019 The quest for good thermoelectric materials and/or high-efficiency thermoelectric devices is of primary importance from theoretical and practical points of view.
Eckern, Ulrich, Wysokiński, Karol I.
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Nonlinear thermovoltage and thermocurrent in quantum dots
New 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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, 2012 Bi2Te3 based thermoelectric devices typically use a nickel layer as a diffusion barrier to block the diffusion of solder or copper atoms from the electrode into the thermoelectric material.
Liu, Weishu +3 more
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Effects of Sb on the Thermoelectric Properties of PbTe
International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2015 This study focuses on improving the thermoelectric properties of PbTe-based materials by adding different Sb content. The potential for achieving high thermoelectric efficiency in Sb-doped n-type PbTe-based thermoelectric compounds is described, and the ...
Tao-Hsing Chen, Ming-Tai Hong
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Spin caloritronics with superconductors: Enhanced thermoelectric effects, generalized Onsager response-matrix, and thermal spin currents [PDF]
, 2016 It has recently been proposed and experimentally demonstrated that it is possible to generate large thermoelectric effects in ferromagnet/superconductor structures due to a spin-dependent particle-hole asymmetry.
Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller +1 more
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Thermoelectricity for future sustainable energy technologies
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2017 Thermoelectricity is a general term for a number of effects describing the direct interconversion of heat and electricity. Thermoelectric devices are therefore promising, environmental-friendly alternatives to conventional power generators or cooling ...
Weidenkaff Anke
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Thermoelectric generation based on spin Seebeck effects
, 2016 The spin Seebeck effect (SSE) refers to the generation of a spin current as a result of a temperature gradient in magnetic materials including insulators. The SSE is applicable to thermoelectric generation because the thermally generated spin current can
Adachi, Hiroto +7 more
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Nonlinear thermoelectric response due to energy-dependent transport properties of a quantum dot
, 2015 Quantum dots are useful model systems for studying quantum thermoelectric behavior because of their highly energy-dependent electron transport properties, which are tunable by electrostatic gating.
Burke, Adam M. +4 more
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Enhancing thermoelectric properties of graphene quantum rings [PDF]
, 2015 We study the thermoelectric properties of rectangular graphene rings connected symmetrically or asymmetrically to the leads. A side-gate voltage applied across the ring allows for the precise control of the electric current flowing through the system ...
Domínguez-Adame, F. +3 more
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