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History of development of thermoelectric materials for electric power generation and criteria of their quality
- Source :
- Materials Research, Vol 17, Iss 5, Pp 1260-1267 (2014), Materials Research, Volume: 17, Issue: 5, Pages: 1260-1267, Published: OCT 2014, Materials Research v.17 n.5 2014, Materials research (São Carlos. Online), Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR), instacron:ABM ABC ABPOL
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol), 2014.
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Abstract
- An analysis of results, obtained in the development of thermoelectric materials for electricity generation during the last 130 years, shows that they are comparable to those obtained as early as the nineteenth century. One of the main factors responsible for the stagnation in this area is the use of inappropriate criteria for the evaluation of material quality. The most popular criterion used for this purpose is the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit. The criterion of usefulness proposed in this paper is free of imperfections of the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit and may be considered as alternative to it. The criterion of usefulness shows, among other things, that it is reasonable to develop thermoelectric pairs both with high and relatively low thermoelectric efficiency. Its application would make it possible to avoid the creation of useless materials. This is especially important under conditions of limited research funding.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
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thermoelectric material quality
Thermoelectric figure of merit
Thermoelectric effect
thermoelectric power generation
thermoelectric material efficiency
General Materials Science
Quality (business)
Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
thermoelectric figure of merit
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Thermoelectric efficiency
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Condensed Matter Physics
Thermoelectric materials
Reliability engineering
Thermoelectric generator
Electricity generation
Mechanics of Materials
thermoelectric material performance
Material quality
TA401-492
business
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15161439
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Materials Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....803fd80867c53e5f0761f5705c695c4f