Cooling, heating, generating power, and recovering waste heat with thermoelectric systems

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5895, 2008, Pages 1457-1461

  Bell, Lon E ^a  

^a BSST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; HEATING; POWER GENERATION; RECYCLING; WASTE TREATMENT;

COOLING; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 51749114885     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1158899     Document Type: Review

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