The relationship between the thermoelectric generator efficiency and the device engineering figure of merit Zd,eng. The maximum efficiency 𝜼max

Thermoelectric materials are used today in thermoelectric devices for heat to electricity(thermoelectric generators-TEG) or electricity to heat(heat pumps) conversion in a large range of applications. In the case of TEGs the final measure of their performance is given by a quantity named the maximum...

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Main Authors: C. L. Hapenciuc, T. Borca-Tasciuc, I. N. Mihailescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-04-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4979328