Abstract

Research & Development in Material Science

Application Prospects of Thermoelectric Technique

  • Open or Close Lijuan Zhang1, Xinqi Chen2,3 and Chao Han1*

    1Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Australia

    2School of Physics and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Hubei University of Education, China

    3State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibres and Polymer Materials, Donghua University, China

    *Corresponding author: Chao Han, Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, North Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia

Submission: February 13, 2018; Published: February 22, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/RDMS.2018.03.000571

ISSN: 2576-8840
Volume3 Issue5

Abstract

Thermoelectric devices (TE), which could convert heat into electricity directly or vice versa, as presented in Figure 1a [1], may serve as solid state power generation or refrigeration with advantages of good reliability and scalability without any moving parts or emissions. Thereby although the energy conversion efficiency of TE devices is low; it has shown bright future in many fields.

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