Inhomogeneous thermal conductivity enhances thermoelectric cooling

We theoretically investigate the enhancement of thermoelectric cooling performance in thermoelectric refrigerators made of materials with inhomogeneous thermal conductivity, beyond the usual practice of enhancing thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of materials. The dissipation of the J...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tingyu Lu, Jun Zhou, Nianbei Li, Ronggui Yang, Baowen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2014-12-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4903547