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Energy transport in one-dimensional thermoelectric systems

Chao, Koung-An LU and Larsson, Magnus LU (2006) In Solid State Communications 139(9). p.490-492
Abstract
The efficiency of thermoelectric power generators and the coefficient of performance of thermoelectric refrigerators increase rapidly in the region of small ZT, and then level off to a flat curve in the region of large ZT, where ZT is the figure of merit. Therefore, simply because one-dimensional thermoelectric materials have high ZT predicted theoretically does not imply that efficient thermoelectric devices can be built with such one-dimensional systems. Our numerical analysis, based on the fundamental thermodynamics which is independent of material systems, with emphasis on energy transport has confirmed this conjecture. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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heat transport efficiency, one-dimensional thermoelectricity
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Solid State Communications
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139
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9
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490 - 492
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Pergamon Press Ltd.
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1879-2766
DOI
10.1016/j.ssc.2006.06.015
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English
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  pages        = {{490--492}},
  publisher    = {{Pergamon Press Ltd.}},
  series       = {{Solid State Communications}},
  title        = {{Energy transport in one-dimensional thermoelectric systems}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2006.06.015}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.ssc.2006.06.015}},
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