The self‐compatibility effect in graded thermoelectric cooler elements. Issue 7 (10th April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Seifert, Wolfgang; Snyder, G. Jeffrey; Toberer, Eric S.; Goupil, Christophe; Zabrocki, Knud; Müller, Eckhard
• Is Part Of: Physica status solidi. Volume 210:Issue 7(2013:Jul.)
• Page Start: 1407
• Page End: 1417
• Publication Date: 2013-04-10
• Subjects: Solid state physics -- Periodicals; Solids -- Industrial applications -- Periodicals; 530.41
• DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201228741
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1862-6300

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="pssa201228741-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>The compatibility approach enables the description of thermoelectric (TE) effects in terms of intensive state variables. Based on the new concept of a "Thomson cooler" (using the particular case of a <italic>u</italic> = <italic>s</italic> cooler as a demonstration) the authors present practically relevant results about fully self‐compatible cooler elements where the compatibility factor <italic>s</italic> is adjusted locally at any position along the element. By means of a comparison <italic>u</italic> = <italic>s</italic> cooler vs. conventional Peltier cooler with <alternatives><inline-graphic mimetype="image" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgg277v2j83" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" /><mml:math altimg="urn:x-wiley:18626300:media:pssa201228741:pssa201228741-math-0001" display="inline" overflow="scroll" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo><mml:mn>B</mml:mn><mml:msub><mml:mn>i</mml:mn><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0</mml:mn><mml:mtext>.5</mml:mtext></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mn>S</mml:mn><mml:msub><mml:mn>b</mml:mn><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.5</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo></mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mn>T</mml:mn><mml:msub><mml:mn>e</mml:mn><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math></alternatives> material it is shown that there is a similar self‐compatibility effect for different Δ<italic>T</italic>. Therewith, the paper completes results published in Phys. Rev. B <bold>86</bold>, 045202 (2012).</p> </sec> </abstract>